Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square expects to raise $1.4 billion from the sale of a 2.7% stake in Universal Music Group.

A group of Universal Music Group NV shareholders affiliated with billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund Pershing Square raised more than €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) from the sale of about a 2.7% stake in the world’s largest music company.

News of Ackman's sale in Universal Music Group shares comes shortly after he announced he was hoping to emulate investing legend Warren Buffett and create a modern-day Berkshire Hathaway holding company with a proposal to acquire a 48% stake in Howard Hughes Holdings HHH.

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Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman confirmed on Thursday his firm had sold some of its shares in Universal Music Group (UMG). "We decided to sell a portion of our UMG position today," he wrote on X. "UMG was our largest position going into the day at more than around 27% of our capital.