RPT-UPDATE 4-Qatar tops up war chest by selling VW pref shares
(Repeats story published late on Tuesday)
* Gas-rich state sells pref shares worth about 1.5 bln euros
* Shares placed at average 60 euros apiece - source
* Stake about a quarter of all VW preference stock
* Qatar plans to increase its voting stake to 17 pct
* VW pref shares end down 15.8 pct, ords down 8 pct
(Recasts with placement price)



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