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MADRID (Dow Jones)--Four small savings banks in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region will request EUR450 million to EUR500 million from the government's EUR9 billion bailout fund to help cover restructuring expenses in their merger, Expansion reported Saturday.

Caixa d'Estalvis de Sabadell, Caixa d'Estalvis de Terrassa and Caixa d'Estalvis Comarcal de Manlleu announced their intention to merge in July. Expansion said Caixa Girona later joined the project.