A group of Universal Music Group NV shareholders affiliated with billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund Pershing Square raised more than €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) from the sale of about a 2.7% stake in the world’s largest music company.

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said his Pershing Square firm would reduce its stake in the world’s largest music company.

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square expects to raise $1.4 billion from the sale of a 2.7% stake in Universal Music Group, according to a report in Bloomberg. Ackman announced the sale on social media, but the numbers are from a Bloomberg source citing knowledge of the deal,