Merrill Lynch goes unmentioned as Bank of America settles on CEO choice
Krawcheck doesn't figure in, and press release neglects mention of big wirehouse
Luis Cypher
This article contains a factual error. It states that BofA “acquired” ML for $50 billion. Wrong. Because it was an all-stock deal, the actual price was .86 shares of BofA for each ML share. The “$50 Billion” was an estimate based on the closing price of BofA’s stock price at the time the deal was announced. By the time the deal actually closed months later, BofA’s stock price had fallen so much, that the actual dollar value was approx. $24 billion. Less than half the original estimate.
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Brooke Southall
Luis,
Good point. I made a change in the story to reflect the effect that share fluctuations had on the final price paid by Bank of America for Merrill Lynch.
Brooke
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