PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Gates

Foundation reported new stakes in FedEx Freight Holding ( FDXF )

and Home Depot and trimmed its holding in Berkshire

Hathaway ( BRK/A ), an SEC filing showed on Friday.

The foundation, overseen by Microsoft ( MSFT ) founder Bill

Gates and his ex-wife, Melinda French Gates, disclosed in its

quarterly 13-F filing that as of June 30 it had accumulated a

position of 1.2 million shares in FedEx Freight Holding ( FDXF ), valued

at $180 million, and a 1 million-share stake in Home Depot,

valued at $352.7 million.

In the 13F filing the foundation also disclosed that it had

sold 2.35 million shares in Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK/A ) during

the second quarter, reducing its stake in Warren Buffett's

holding company by 13.8%.

(Editing by Mark Porter)