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Whole Foods Activist Jana Exits Stake With $300 Million Profit
- Hedge fund says it no longer holds shares in the grocer
- Amazon agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in June
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The activist investor that Whole Foods Market Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Mackey labeled as “greedy bastards” has sold its stake in the grocer and made a profit of about $300 million in a matter of months.
Jana Partners sold about 26 million shares in Whole Foods over the past month for combined proceeds of about $1.1 billion, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. The New York hedge fund, founded by Barry Rosenstein, began selling its shares in the supermarket chain on June 19.