Capital Group Cos. bought 393,452 Egis Nyrt shares on February 13, the drugmaker said in a statement to the Budapest Stock Exchange. The stake is worth Ft 9.4 billion (€37 million) at yesterday’s closing price. Budapest-based Egis is majority owned by France’s Laboratoire Servier.
The purchase makes Capital the third-largest shareholder, also behind asset manager Mark Mobius’s Frankin Resources Inc., which owns 17.03% through three different funds, according to Bloomberg Data. Capital Group’s American Funds unit runs Growth Fund of America, the largest US fund. (Bloomberg)
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