Evergrande Raises $1.4 Billion Selling Shares in EV Unit

  • Boosts capital for China’s most indebted property developer
  • Evergrande NEV tumbles as shares are sold at 20% discount

China Evergrande's Hengchi 6 and 9 electric vehicles.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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China Evergrande Group raised about HK$10.6 billion ($1.4 billion) selling shares in its electric vehicle unit, the latest effort by the nation’s most indebted developer to boost capital.

The sale amounts to about 2.7% of outstanding shares in China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle Group Ltd., the real estate firm said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday. Evergrande NEV tumbled as the shares were sold at a 20% discount.