# Bending Spoons Shares Jump 41.2% After Berkshire Agrees to Buy Shares By Enna Lee Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/32464 Published: 2026-10-15T11:32:19.000Z Updated: 2026-10-15T11:32:19.000Z Section: Investing > The $53.46 close was 62% above Berkshire’s planned $33 per-share price, though the stock ended $5.10 below its session high. Bending Spoons S.p.A. (Nasdaq: BSP) shares climbed 41.2% to $53.46 on Oct. 14 after Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy 10 million newly issued shares for $330 million. The stock gained $15.60 from its previous close of $37.86. It reached $58.56 during the session and fell as low as $49.21. At 4 p.m. ET (20:00 UTC), the closing price was $5.10 below the session high and 62% above Berkshire’s planned $33 per-share price. The binding placement is expected to raise about $330 million before expenses. Bending Spoons expects it to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Berkshire’s ownership is expected to reach 4% after the transaction closes. Berkshire had invested $600 million in Bending Spoons’ July 2026 initial public offering. The [planned investment in Bending Spoons]() adds to that earlier purchase. The company plans to use the placement proceeds for general corporate purposes and acquisitions. Acquisitions are central to Bending Spoons’ business model: it buys digital companies, changes their operations and reinvests in further deals. For the quarter ended June 30, revenue was $704.155 million, up 126% from a year earlier, while organic revenue growth was 3%. Acquisitions drove most of the revenue increase. At quarter-end, net debt stood at $4.09 billion and the leverage ratio was 2.4 times. The placement remains pending, with closing expected in the fourth quarter of 2026. ## Links in this article - [planned investment in Bending Spoons](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/31835)