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VeriSign, based in Reston, Virginia, said the sale of 4.3 million shares was intended to reduce Berkshire's stake to below 10%, a threshold that triggers regulatory obligations. Berkshire may sell an additional 515,032 shares to meet demand. VeriSign will receive no proceeds from the sale.
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The Sage of Omaha's company will make over $1.2 billion from the sale, according to an announcement on Monday.
VeriSign shares dropped after the company released the pricing of its previously announced underwritten secondary offering of its common stock by affiliates of Berkshire Hathaway. Shares were down 7% at $284.72 on Tuesday. The stock has been down 1.6% this month.
BERKSHIRE Hathaway sold about one-third of its stake in VeriSign, an internet infrastructure and domain name registry company that Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has invested in since 2012, VeriSign said on Monday.
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