The hedge-fund billionaire said he wanted to terminate the Amsterdam listings of Pershing Square Holdings and Universal Music Group after violence in the Dutch capital that authorities called antisemitic attacks.

Universal Music board member Bill Ackman says he wants the major to move its stock market listing from Amsterdam to New York. Although prompted by unrest in Amsterdam last Thursday, he argues there are sound business reasons to move the listing.

The hedge fund billionaire requested the company’s listing be dropped following a series of antisemitic attacks in the Dutch city.

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Universal Music Group (OTCPK:UMGNF) (OTCPK:UNVGY) said on Saturday that Bill Ackman's Pershing Square (OTCPK:PSHZF) does not have the right to require the company to become U.S. domiciled or to delist from Euronext Amsterdam.

A UMG spokesperson said that he "does not have any right to require UMG to become a U.S. domiciled company or delist from Euronext Amsterdam," but that it "will endeavor in good faith to comply with its contractual obligations.