John Burbank's hedge fund firm Passport Capital has filed a 13G with the SEC regarding shares of 58.com Inc (WUBA). Per the filing, Passport now owns 11.8% of the company with 2,821,526 shares (via 1,410,763 ADR shares). The filing was made due to activity on November 1st.
Per Yahoo Finance, the company "Beijing 58 Information and Technology Co., Ltd. owns and operates an on-line classified advertisement services Web Site under the name 58.com. The Web Site helps individuals and SMEs to broadcast and search information relating to job opportunities, housing, dating, community events, services, and trading of second hand products. Beijing 58 Information and Technology Co., Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Beijing, China."
For more from this hedge fund, head to John Burbank's thoughts at the Excellence in Investing Conference, as well as Burbank's comments at the Alpha Hedge West Conference.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Passport Capital Discloses 58.com Stake
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