DBS Bank, a unit of Southeast Asia's largest lender, will increase its stake in the unlisted Chinese bank to 16.69% from 13%.
The bank will acquire 383.6 million shares at 5.25 yuan per share, DBS said, adding it intends to fund the transaction from its internal cash resources.
The lender had been in discussions with Shenzhen Huaqiang Asset Management Group since the start of the year to acquire their interest in Shenzhen.
The deal is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings and return on equity, DBS said.
($1 = 1.3206 Singapore dollars)
(This story has been corrected to change the per share offer value to 5.25 yuan from 5.52 in paragraph 3, and to fix the spelling of Shenzhen in paragraph 4)
