On June 8, CATL (03750.HK) fell 3.09% in regular trading, trading at HKD 677.0/share, with trading volume of HKD 1.172 billion. The decline extends the selling pressure that has weighed on the stock since the company announced a major stake reduction in upstream supplier Hunan Yuneng.

On the news front, CATL disclosed plans to reduce its holdings in Hunan Yuneng by up to 3% of total share capital, or approximately 25.3 million shares, through block trades and centralized bidding within three months. Based on Hunan Yuneng's closing price of RMB 82.72/share at the time of announcement, the full disposal could yield over RMB 2 billion in proceeds. CATL originally acquired its stake at RMB 3.34/share in December 2020, implying a floating gain exceeding 23 times. Concurrently, another major shareholder Shanghai Jinsheng announced a 2.5% reduction, bringing total planned disposals to 5.5% of Hunan Yuneng's equity, valued at over RMB 3.8 billion.

Market participants interpret the move as signaling CATL's strategic pivot from binding a single phosphate iron lithium supplier toward a multi-supplier system and new technology routes including sodium-ion batteries and solid-state battery materials, which has dampened sentiment across the broader lithium battery sector.

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