VALENCIA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) today announced the return of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock that were loaned to Bank of America, N.A. pursuant to a stock lending agreement dated August 18, 2010. The stock lending agreement was entered into to facilitate the establishment of hedge positions by investors in MannKind's offering Senior Convertible Notes due 2015, which closed on August 24, 2010. The stock lending agreement terminated a specified number of days following the date as of which the entire principal amount of Senior Convertible Notes due 2015 ceased to be outstanding and MannKind had settled all payments and deliveries in respect of such convertible notes, which occurred on August 17, 2015.
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