JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - HSBC has offered to buyout the minority shareholders of PT Bank Ekonomi Raharja Tbk and delist the Indonesian lender from the Jakartastock exchange.
HSBC is offering 6,300 rupiah ($0.48) per share, triple thestock's last traded price, according to a notice on Indonesia'sKompas newspaper on Friday.
HSBC owns 98.94 percent of Bank Ekonomi, PT Bank CentralAsia Tbk holds 1 percent and the remainder is inpublic hands.
($1 = 13,155.00 rupiah) (Reporting by Cindy Silviana; Writing by Eveline Danubrata;Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)