Beverly Hills 12/12/2009 1:57:28 AM
News / Business

JPMorgan Chase Warrants Bring in $936 Million

Finance World News Update by EQUITIES Magazine

In the sale of warrants it received from JPMorgan Chase & Co., the Treasury Department has received $936.1 million. The warrants, which are financial instruments that allow the holder to buy stock in the future at a fixed price, were part of the support it supplied to the bank during last year’s financial crisis.

 

The Treasury said it sold over 88.4 million warrants in an auction at a price of $10.75 each.

 

The conversion price for the JPMorgan warrants is $42.42 per share. After the bank's stock hits that price, the warrants can be converted into stock worth $3.75 billion.

 

JPMorgan's share price fell 40 cents to $40.88 in afternoon trading.

 

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