Citigroup Explores Bid to Pare U.S. Stake |
| Wall Street Journal - Sep 15, 2009 |
Citigroup Inc., eager to shed the stigma of being a ward of the state, is working on a plan to reduce the U.S. government's 34% stake.
Top Citigroup executives have been devising plans for a possible multibillion-dollar stock offering in which the New York company would issue new shares to the public, while the Treasury Department would sell at least a portion of its Citigroup holdings, according to people familiar with the matter.
Citigroup hasn't held in-depth talks with the government. Over the weekend, Citigroup called a Treasury official and said the company wanted to start talking about paring down the Treasury investment, according to people familiar with the matter. On the call, Citigroup officials said they planned to raise outside capital in order to repay the outstanding bailout funds. Treasury officials responded to Citi that they didn't object to the company paying back Washington as long as Citi first raised offsetting capital, these people said.
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- Posted: 2009-09-15 11:18:22
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