Markit, a UK-based financial services data provider, raised $1.29bn in an initial public offering on Nasdaq last week, issuing almost 53.5 million shares priced at $24.00 each.
Several financial services firms that held stakes in the company divested shares through the offering, most prominently Bank of America, which sold almost 8.5 million shares raising $203m.
Other selling shareholders included Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase, which generated returns of approximately $140.5m, $139m and $120m respectively.
The underwriters have a 30-day option to buy a further 8 million shares, which could raise the size of the IPO to about $1.48bn in total. Markit’s shares opened at $26.40 on Thursday and closed at $26.74 yesterday.