Berkshire trims stake in China’s BYD with 1.72 million H share sale -filing

Berkshire trims stake in China’s BYD with 1.72 million H share sale -filing


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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the investment firm owned by Warren Buffett, has sold 1.72 million Hong Kong-listed shares of electric vehicle maker BYD for HK$450.83 million


($57 million), according to a filing on Friday.


The sale lowered Berkshire’s holdings in BYD’s total issued H shares to 18.87% as of Thursday, the filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange showed.


The U.S. company had reduced its holding in the shares to 19.92% from 20.49%, according to a filing on Tuesday.


(Reporting by Zhang Yan, Brenda Goh, Hong Kong Newsroom; editing by Jason Neely)


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