Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC closed the purchase of certain shares of Fifth Third Bancorp pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase agreement between the parties, the latter said in a regulatory filing.
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based bank intended to purchase approximately $235 million of its outstanding common stock.
Morgan Stanley said a total of 7,574,366 shares were repurchased at an average price of $ 31.1817 per share.
Following the the completion of the agreement, Fifth Third will have approximately 92.4 million shares of remaining repurchase authorization under the February repurchase program.