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SoftBank Nets $4.8 Billion in T-Mobile Stake Sale

The Bank of America–managed transaction priced shares at $224, cutting SoftBank’s stake by roughly 1.9 percentage points, leaving it runner-up to Deutsche Telekom

A T-Mobile logo is seen on the storefront door of a store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
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Overview

  • SoftBank sold 21.5 million T-Mobile shares at $224 each to raise about $4.8 billion.
  • The $224 price represented a 3% discount to Monday’s closing price of $230.99.
  • T-Mobile’s stock fell approximately 3.5% to $222.99 in after-hours trading following the announcement.
  • After the sale, SoftBank remains T-Mobile’s second-largest shareholder behind Deutsche Telekom’s 59% holding.
  • Bank of America managed the deal, making it one of the largest U.S. equity block trades since Toronto-Dominion’s $13.1 billion divestiture of Charles Schwab shares in February.