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Barclays PLC

5/25/2012, 5:40 AM ET
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  • Thursday 6:16 PM Lehman Brothers (LEHMQ.PK) strikes a deal to buy the 26.5% stake it doesn't already own in apartment giant Archstone from BofA (BAC) and Barclays (BCS) for $1.58B, WSJ reports, ending the high-stakes chess game between Lehman and Sam Zell's Equity Residential (EQR). But Zell won't walk away empty handed, as his firm will get $150M in the deal.
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  • Wednesday 5:19 AM Barclays (BCS) raised a net $5.5B from the divestment of its 19.6% stake in BlackRock (BLK), selling 26.2M shares to money managers for $160 each and 6.38M shares to BlackRock for $156.80. There's also a greenshoe option of 2.6M shares. The sale will increase Barclays' Tier 1 capital ratio by about five basis points as it looks to meet Basel III requirements.
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  • Monday 6:27 AM Barclays (BCS) plans to sell its $6.1B stake in BlackRock (BLK) via an offering and a related buyback by the U.S. asset manager of up to $1B in shares. Barclays' holdings represent a 19.6% economic interest in the firm. (PR)
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