Bayer divests its interest in Millennium
Leverkusen - Bayer sold its shareholding in the U.S. biotechnology company Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MLNM). The shares were purchased in 1998 when Bayer made an equity investment of around US$97 million in Millennium as part of a research agreement, which will be successfully concluded on October 31, 2003. The approximately 19.8 million shares (about 6.6 percent of Millennium's share capital) were sold in a block trade to the investment bank CSFB for resale. Bayer will use the proceeds of more than US$ 300 million to further reduce its net debt.
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