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It looks like Thomas H. Lee and Goldman Sachs are selling some of their MoneyGram International stock.

Today, MoneyGram announced a secondary offering where stockholders–Thomas H. Lee and Goldman– are offering 11.25 million shares. Underwriters on the deal also have an option to buy an additional 1.7 million shares. Morgan Stanley, Goldman and BofA Merrill Lynch are joint bookrunners on the deal.

Thomas H. Lee is only selling about 3.7 million shares in the secondary. The Boston PE firm will see its stake fall to 48.3% (before the greenshoe) from 53.3%, according to a Nov. 14 SEC filing.