French banking major Societe Generale is reportedly planning to buy a 26% stake in Polish lender Alior Bank from its biggest shareholder Carlo Tassara.

Polish billionaire Leszek Czarnecki is too keen to buy stake in the bank, Bloomberg reported citing undisclosed sources.

However, the potential suitors have not reached a final decision, the report said.

The stake held by Carlo Tassara amounts to nearly PLN 1.43bn ($390m).

Carlo Tassara is looking to sell assets to reduce debt and is seeking a strategic investor for Alior Bank since the bank’s PLN 2.1bn initial public offering in 2012. Poland’s financial supervisor had extended the deadline for the sale to June 2016 last year.

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