date:Jun 27, 2014
greement with creditor banks in April on restructuring its one billion euro debt, clearing the last hurdle for the takeover.
Mercator's owners include brewer Pivovarna Lasko and Slovenia's biggest local bank, NLB, one of five lenders the government rescued with a 3.3 billion-euro capital boost in December, plus 10 other Slovenian firms and banks.
Slovenia, which narrowly avoided an international bailout last year, has long been opposed to privatisation of its companies. But Prime Minister Alen