December 2 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's Sopharma Properties REIT [BUL:SFI] said on Thursday that drug maker Sopharma [BUL:SFA] has increased its interest in the company to 15.036% in two separate transactions.
Sopharma lifted its shareholding in the REIT to 14.546% from 5% before increasing it further to 15.036% in a second transaction, Sopharma Properties REIT said in a stock exchange filing.
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After the deals, Sopharma holds a total of 3,300,564 shares in Sopharma Properties REIT.
In a separate bourse filing on Thursday, Sopharma Properties REIT said that Ognyan Donev lowered its stake in the capital of the company to 11.958%.
According to the REIT's most recent financial statement, Donev controlled a stake of 20.96% in the company at the end of September.
Sopharma Properties shares closed Thursday's trading session on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange 1.67% lower at a price of 5.90 levs.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)