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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Arunima Kumar
(Reuters) – Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who was the largest shareholder in Hertz Global Holdings Inc, unloaded his entire stake in the rental car company at a “significant loss” days after it filed for bankruptcy protection.
According to a regulatory filing made on Wednesday, Icahn, who held a nearly 39% stake in Hertz and had three representatives on the board, sold 55.34 million shares on Tuesday at 72 cents per share.
Hertz fell victim to coronavirus shutdowns that dramatically curtailed travel and created major financial hardships for the company, Icahn said in the filing, adding that he supported the board’s decision to seek bankruptcy protection on Friday.
Even though he suffered heavy losses, which he did not quantify, Icahn said that he still believed in the company and thinks it can be a “great company” in the future. At the end of 2019, his stake in Hertz was worth close to $700 million.