Japan Post Holdings to sell down stake in Japan Post Bank in $9 bln deal -filing

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Feb 27 (Reuters) - Japan Post Holdings will sell down its stake in Japan Post Bank to under 65% from the current 89%, it said on Monday, in a deal that could be worth about 1.26 trillion yen ($9.25 billion). Announcing the secondary offering, Japan Post Bank said its parent would sell about 975 million shares globally, with an over-allotment option of an additional 113.6 million shares in the domestic market and a greenshoe option of 28.4 million shares overseas. The plan was first reported by Reuters last week.
($1 = 136.2800 yen) (Reporting by Eimi Yamamitsu Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)

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