A Hedge Fund Calls for $4 Billion Payout From Japan's Kyocera
- Kyocera should sell giant KDDI stake, Oasis Management says
- About half the proceeds should be returned to shareholders
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A Hong Kong hedge fund stepped up its pressure on Kyocera Corp., calling on the Japanese electronics maker to pay back more than $4 billion to investors.
Kyocera should sell its 1.02 trillion yen ($8.3 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 in an interview. 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 too risky, according to Fischer.