Treasury Will Sell Its Citi Stake -- and Reap Billions in Profit
Treasury says it will sell the 7.7 billion shares of Citigroup common stock it received in June, 2009, in connection to a $45 billion federal bailout. The government paid $25 billion for the stake, or $3.25 a share. At Citi's current share price of around $4.28, Treasury would book a profit of about $8 billion.
"Treasury intends to sell its Citi common shares into the market through various means in an orderly and measured fashion," the department says in a press release. "Treasury intends to initiate its disposition of the common shares pursuant to a pre-arranged written trading plan."
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