by Calculated Risk on 4/13/2008 10:06:00 PM
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Wachovia to Receive $6 to $7 Billion Infusion
From the WSJ: Wachovia to Receive Big Infusion of Capital
Wachovia Corp. ... could announce as soon as Monday that it is getting a capital infusion of several billion dollars from outside investors ...This probably means a large write down will be announced tomorrow morning. Must be tough working on a Sunday ...
Final terms of the deal were being hammered out Sunday night, but it appeared likely the fifth-largest U.S. bank in stock-market value would receive $6 billion to $7 billion. In return, the investor group would get shares priced roughly $23 to $24 apiece -- a 15% discount to Wachovia's share price Friday.
... Wachovia said in a news release Sunday night that it plans to announce quarterly results Monday morning.