UPDATE 1-Goldman Sachs takes 2.27 pct stake in BES
July 22, 2014 at 14:23 PM EDT
LISBON, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs acquired a 2.27 percent stake in Portugal's belleagured Banco Espirito Santo the day after the bank's founding family was forced to offload a chunk of its shares, the bank said on Tuesday evening.