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Discover to sell $500 mil in common stock to public

Posted July 05, 2009 11:00 pm

Associated Press

Credit card company Discover says it will sell $500 million worth of common stock in a public offering, and use the proceeds for possible investments or to buy back preferred stock issued to the U.S. Treasury under its bank rescue plan.

Shares tumbled more than 6 percent in after-hours trading following the announcement.

Riverwoods-based Discover Financial Services says it also plans to offer senior notes "in the near future," depending on market conditions. JPMorgan Securities is acting as sole book-running manager of the offering. Underwriters may buy up to an additional $75 million shares.

In a related filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Discover also reaffirmed its guidance for fiscal third-quarter managed net charge-offs -- or bad debt -- between 8.5 percent and 9 percent.

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