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Temasek Sells Entire Stake In Bank Of America: Reports
5/16/2009 9:16 PM ET
(RTTNews) - The Singapore state-owned fund, Temasek Holdings, has sold its entire 3.8% stake in Bank of America Corp. (BAC: News ), the media sources reported on Saturday. The move follows Temasek's decision to cut its target for planned investments in developed economies and invest more in emerging markets.
Temasek, which reduced its investments by 31% in the eight months through Nov. 30, had spent about $5.9 billion since 2007 buying shares in Merrill Lynch & Co., acquired by Bank of America on Jan. 1 after the stock slid 78% last year.
Last July, Temasek further invested $900 million in Merrill and became its biggest shareholder, with a 13.7% stake. When BofA acquired Merrill on January 1, Temasek converted its Merrill stock into BofA stock and held 188.8 million BofA shares valued at $13.70 each at the time of the merger for a total worth of $2.6 billion.
According to a U.S. filing, the divestment was completed by March 31, and the sale may have raised about $1.27 billion, based on the average price of BofA stock in the first quarter, the reports indicated. The sale would have been worth $2.14 billion at Friday's closing price.