A £700m rescue deal for Co-op Bank has been agreed that will leave the bank in the ownership of five US hedge funds and reduce the Co-operative Group’s stake to just 1%.
The restructuring should be completed by 1 September, it said.
Talks with creditors had been going on for several months. The bank was put up for sale in February but was withdrawn from sale in June as the restructuring took shape.
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