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\"\"<\/a>The Treasury Department said Wednesday that a sale of MetLife Inc. stock by American International Group Inc. brought in $6.3 billion, which will go toward repaying a portion of the taxpayer bailout of the insurance company.<\/p>\n

Treasury said that the $6.3 billion in gross proceeds from the sale would be used to redeem part of Treasury\u2019s $18.2 billion investment in preferred equity shares in AIG.<\/p>\n

AIG offered 146.8 million shares of its holdings in MetLife for sale and the stock sold at $43.25 a share.<\/p>\n

The MetLife stock sale is part of the government\u2019s effort to wind down its largest and most complex rescue from the 2008 financial crisis, when it assembled a $182 billion package to save New York-based AIG.<\/p>\n

The government owns more than 1.6 billion shares of AIG common stock, giving it a 92 percent stake in the company. The Treasury is expected to start selling those shares in March.<\/p>\n

Tim Massad, Treasury\u2019s acting assistant secretary for financial security, labeled AIG\u2019s sale of its MetLife holdings evidence of a \u201cremarkable turnaround\u201d for AIG.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are optimistic about the prospects that taxpayers will recover every dollar invested in AIG \u2014 something that many thought would be impossible when these investments were first made,\u201d Massad said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The stock sale weighed on MetLife\u2019s stock Wednesday. Shares in the New York-based life insurer ended down $2.63, or 5.7 percent, at $43.41.<\/p>\n

AIG\u2019s shares rose 60 cents, or 1.6 percent, to close at $37.30.<\/p>\n

The bailout of AIG became a symbol for excessive risk on Wall Street and a touchstone for public anger over the government\u2019s $700 billion bailout program.<\/p>\n

The AIG bailout, which included loans and federal guarantees, was the largest of a series of rescues announced during the stomach-churning weeks in the fall of 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Treasury made a total cash investment from its Troubled Asset Relief Program of $68 billion.<\/p>\n

The Federal Reserve also took part in the rescue and still holds many of the $50 billion worth of complex derivatives that it took off AIG\u2019s books.<\/p>\n

AIG first announced its repayment plan in September 2010 and since that time the company has worked to raise cash to pay back the government by selling parts of itself around the world.<\/p>\n

In addition to the MetLife stock that was sold Wednesday, Treasury said $3 billion in MetLife equity units were also sold.<\/p>\n

Treasury said the proceeds from that sale would remain in an escrow account and would be used over the next two years to pay down Treasury\u2019s preferred equity interests in the company.
Source: AP<\/p>\n

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