By Olivia Bugault

 

AXA SA (CS.FR) said Thursday that it has sold 40 million shares of its subsidiary AXA Equitable Holdings Inc. (EQH), known as EQH, for $834 million.

AXA said that the shares have been sold for a net price of $20.85 each.

The company has granted its underwriters --Barclays and Morgan Stanley-- a 30-day option to buy up to 6 million additional shares of EQH.

AXA's stake in EQH will fall to roughly 40.1% from around 48.3% upon completion of the offering, AXA said.

 

Write to Olivia Bugault at olivia.bugault@dowjones.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 07, 2019 02:09 ET (06:09 GMT)

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