Troubled Car Trader Kaixin Auto Surges After ‘China’s Facebook’ Injects USD6 Million
Liao Shumin
DATE:  Apr 07 2021
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Troubled Car Trader Kaixin Auto Surges After ‘China’s Facebook’ Injects USD6 Million Troubled Car Trader Kaixin Auto Surges After ‘China’s Facebook’ Injects USD6 Million

(Yicai Global) April 7 -- Shares of Kaixin Auto Holdings climbed in after-hours trading in New York after Renren, a social networking platform often described as ‘China’s Facebook,’ bought new equity in the scandal-hit used car dealership.

Kaixin Auto [NASDAQ: KXIN] jumped as much as 6.9 percent after closing 5.3 percent lower yesterday at USD3.04, about a fifth of its all-time high.

Renren, which previously owned 79 percent of Kaixin Auto, subscribed to USD6 million new convertible preferred shares, the Beijing-based firm said in a statement released after the market closed. They can be converted into ordinary shares of Kaixin Auto for USD3 apiece.

Kaixin Auto was embroiled in a scandal last month. Securities Times reported on March 25 that it had forged auto inventories and sales contracts. In the first half of last year, the firm had revenue of USD33 million, a 10th of its earnings in 2019.

Renren [NYSE: RENN] rose 2.9 percent in after-hours trading. At yesterday’s close it was down 1.4 percent at USD8.70.

Editor: Emmi Laine, Xiao Yi

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Keywords:   Kaixin Auto,Renren Inc.,China's Facebook,Car Dealership