Search
Advertisement

Business - Money 101

| Digg | Facebook | Stumble It! | Delicious del.icio.us | Fark
E-mail | Print
Jun 25, 2008 10:07 am US/Pacific

Countrywide Approves Bank Of America Takeover

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Countrywide Financial Corp. says stockholders controlling a majority of the mortgage lender's outstanding shares have approved the company's takeover by Bank of America Corp.

Countrywide says more than 69 percent of outstanding shares were voted Wednesday in favor of the transaction at a stockholders meeting in Calabasas, Calif.

The lender says the deal is expected to close on July 1.

Countrywide agreed to sell itself in January for about $4 billion in stock. The deal is now valued at about $2.8 billion, reflecting a decline in Bank of America's stock price over the past six months.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

From Our Partners

© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.