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In Brief: Hapoalim Values Signature Sale at $457M

Published March 30, 2005, 2:00 a.m. EST

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Updated March 29, 2005, 4:50 p.m. EST

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Bank Hapoalim said Tuesday that it had priced its 59% stake in New York's Signature Bank at $26.40 a share, or $457 million.

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The Israeli bank had announced earlier this month that it would sell its 17.3 million Signature shares to investors. The sale is expected to be completed Thursday. Shlomo Nehama, Bank Hapoalim's chairman, said the company plans to invest the proceeds of the sale in other international operations. (It also said Tuesday that its Swiss unit is buying Bank of New York-Inter Maritime Bank in Geneva. Bank of New York is the Swiss bank's controlling shareholder.)

Founded by Bank Hapoalim in May 2001, Signature has $3.4 billion of assets.

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