Samsung Electronics to buy new BYD shares for $449 million
With the investment, Samsung Electronics has secured a 4 percent stake in BYD.
South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has agreed to buy new shares worth 3 billion yuan ($449.10 million) in Chinese automaker and electric vehicle battery maker BYD, Korea Economic Daily reported on Friday.
With the investment, Samsung Electronics has secured a 4 percent stake in BYD, which is also backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the newspaper said.
A Samsung Electronics representative declined to comment.
( Source : reuters )
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