Oppenheimer places shares for De Beers rights issue
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The shares, 70 percent of which are held by E. Oppenheimer & Son International Limited, with the remainder owned by Gartland Limited, were valued at approximately $1 billion (GBP 739.8 million) when the agreement was transacted, based on the closing price in London on March 10.
Oppenheimer serves as a director at Anglo American and owns a 40 percent in De Beers through his family's Central Holdings Group.
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