Berkshire Hathaway becomes Heinz's majority shareholder

Berkshire Hathaway exercised a warrant to purchase about 46.2 million Heinz shares for nearly $462,000 on Wednesday, Heinz said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

The warrant was issued in connection with Heinz's $23 billion acquisition by Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway in 2013.

Berkshire now owns 52.5 percent of Heinz, the company said.

(Reporting By Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet Das)