Telstra completes sale of 47.4% stake in Autohome

Company News

by David Chau


Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX:TLS) says that it has completed the sale of its 47.4% stake in Chinese online business, Autohome.

Telstra’s stake was worth $2.1 billion, and was purchased by the Ping An Insurance Group.

The Australian telecommunications company says that it expects an accounting gain of $1.8 billion for this sale, but this is subject to foreign exchange rates.

Telstra will maintain a 6.5 % stake in Autohome after this transaction.

Telstra reported a net profit of $2.14 billion at 31 December 2015.

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