Co-op Bank’s purchase is a staggeringly good deal for members

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Today’s Co-operative Bank purchase of 632 branches from Lloyds Banking Group for £750 million is a staggeringly good deal for members.

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Today’s Co-operative Bank purchase of 632 branches from Lloyds Banking Group for £750 million is a staggeringly good deal for members.

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The sandal-wearers amongst you will be happy that Co-operative banking can now be accessed through another 632 banks.

But that would be to miss out yet another example of the hard-won success of a hard-nosed generation of co-operators who are setting up successful co-ops from Co-operative Energy’s service to Lilac Leeds’ affordable housing.

Those hard-nosed co-operators will point to the following numbers on this Lloyds purchase: Lloyds shareholders valued their business very highly in 2006. The net asset value was £1.95 per share, but the shareholders were willing to value that at a multiple of 2.9 times, with the share price recorded at £5-71.5p on December 31st 2006.

 

See also:

• Taking on the energy giants: The co-operative insurgency gains ground 11 May 2012

• We need more community and co-operative ownership of energy 13 Mar 2012

• Institutionalised prejudice against co-ops will delay economic recovery 9 Mar 2012

• Northern Rock sale shows Osborne’s failure of ambition on real bank reform 17 Nov 2011

• The case for the role of co-operatives in childcare 28 Sep 2011

 

So while many will focus on the fact the Co-op has bought a business with £1.5 billion of equity, in fact, that business was valued by Lloyds shareholders at £4.4 billion. The smart people at the Co-op have just bought a business that capitalism valued £4.4 billion for just £750 million. Smoothies all round!

 

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21 Responses to “Co-op Bank’s purchase is a staggeringly good deal for members”

  1. Joe Fortune

    .@CoopBankPR’s purchase is a staggeringly good deal for members, writes @CormacHolly: http://t.co/nUJ6kflH

  2. Karin Christiansen

    .@CoopBankPR’s purchase is a staggeringly good deal for members, writes @CormacHolly: http://t.co/nUJ6kflH

  3. Bennettste

    You know, really, the Coop Bank doesnt treat current account holders any better than other banks, their charging regime is amongst the nastiest, this isnt such a victory

  4. JC

    Some of us noted that the Co-op did not buy this business in 2006, but in 2012. Do you think that the value might have changed somewhat? What if it was actually valued at £700M? Would the people at the Co-op be considered so smart?

  5. vkellywallace

    .@CoopBankPR’s purchase is a staggeringly good deal for members, writes @CormacHolly: http://t.co/nUJ6kflH

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