JELD-WEN's stock sinks after largest shareholder plans to sell off its entire stake

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This replaces an earlier item that incorrectly reported the largest shareholders remaining stake in the company. It has been corrected.

Shares of JELD-WEN Holding Inc. JELD, +1.38% sank 7.0% in premarket trading Monday after the building products company said its largest shareholder is selling off its entire stake, equating to about 15% of the shares outstanding, with the company planning to buying back close to half of the shares being sold. Based on Friday's stock closing price of $29.40, the offering would be valued at about $437.56 million. The price of the offering has not yet been determined. JELD-WEN said it will not receive any proceeds from the offering. The company said it plans to repurchase about $200 million of the offering. JELD-WEN's stock has gained 5.0% over the past three months, while the S&P 500 SPX, +0.16% has advanced 7.1%.

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