HSBC Bank plc entered into an share purchase agreement to acquire additional 18.6% minority stake in HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG (DB:TUB) from Landesbank Baden-Württemberg for on May 25, 2020. After acquisition, HSBC Bank will hold 99.33% stake in HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt. After acquisition HSBC Bank will implement a squeeze-out of remaining shares. Transaction is expected to complete shortly. Andreas Dehioand Ulli Janssen from Frankfurt office, Staffan Illert, Ingo Klauß and Sebastian Benz from Düsseldorf office and Aedamar Comiskey, Christian Ahlborn from London office of Linklaters LLP acted as legal advisors to HSBC Bank plc.