thg plc said late monday that softbank corp has sold its entire interest in the company to qatar holding llc and thgs chief executive and founder matthew moulding for 314 million pounds 357 million the uk ecommerce company said that softbank has sold 678 million shares to qatar holding and 128 million shares to mr moulding the shares were sold at 39 pence each a 15 discount to the companys closing price of 4584 pence on monday mr moulding will own 1987 million shares in the company following the acquisition im delighted to be further increasing my familys stake in thg continuing our unswerving support following on from other recent share purchases mr moulding said qia shares the boards vision of the scale of opportunity for thg building a british global success story in large and growing addressable markets qias longterm investment approach is a positive endorsement for the uk as a whole