Rosenthal Case: Which Companies Can Keep Operating

Assurance has been given that companies where Continental Group or its shareholders have a minority participation may continue to operate normally.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

As outlined in an article on Televicentro.hn , the general coordinator of Government, Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro, stated that "... 'there are over 40 companies' which have with less than 50 percent in shares of Continental Group, whose president is the banker and politician Jaime Rosenthal."

The senior official was quoted as saying that with other companies that have more than 50% of the shares in Continental Group, they are "undertaking some actions", in order to secure and maintain the continuity of these operations.

From an extract of the Combined Financial Statements of Grupo Financiero Continental, December 31, 2014, published by the National Banking and Insurance Commission:

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As of December 31, 2014, ownership of the majority of the shares of the entities that make up the Financial Group are still Inversiones Continental, S.A. de C.V. because the CNBS denied the Bank permission to acquire the shares under Resolution No. 316 / 17-02-2011 of February 17, 2011.

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