HK hedge fund seeks US$4b payout from Kyocera
Oasis Management wants the Japanese electronics maker to sell its stake in KDDI and give half of the proceeds to shareholders
Tokyo
A HONG Kong hedge fund stepped up its pressure on Kyocera Corp, calling on the Japanese electronics maker to pay back more than US$4 billion to investors.
Kyocera should sell its 1.02 trillion yen (S$11.7 billion) stake in phone carrier KDDI Corp and give about half the proceeds to stock owners including his fund, Seth Fischer, chief investment officer at Oasis Management, said. Kyocera is the largest shareholder in KDDI and shares the same founder, Buddhist priest and billionaire Kazuo Inamori. Having such a large investment is equivalent to years of profits and is too risky, according to Mr Fischer.
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