Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Shareholders of SIF Transilvania SA, a Romanian investment fund, approved the sale of a minority stake in Banca Comerciala Romana SA to Erste Group Bank AG as part of a buyout agreement, according to a filing to the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

The fund will get cash for about 136 million BCR shares and

will swap 515 million BCR shares with Erste shares, it said.

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