Eurobank S.A. on Wednesday announced that The Capital Group Companies, Inc. reduced its indirect holding in the bank to below 5 per cent of voting rights.
The announcement was made pursuant to article 14 of L. 3556/2007, as in force, following a relevant notification received from the US-based investment group.
According to the notification, the percentage of Eurobank’s voting rights held indirectly by The Capital Group Companies, Inc., hereafter referred to as CGC, fell below 5 per cent of the total number of voting rights in the bank.
As a result, CGC’s participation amounted to 4.96 per cent of Eurobank’s share capital, corresponding to 180,069,024 voting rights attached to ordinary shares.
The full chain of companies through which the aforementioned voting rights are effectively held was also disclosed.
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company and Capital Bank & Trust Company.
Capital Research and Management Company, known as CRMC, is a US-based investment management company serving as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients.
CRMC and its affiliated investment managers oversee equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, namely Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors.
CRMC is also the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc., referred to as CGII. CGII in turn is the parent company of six investment management companies, collectively described as the CGII management companies.
These companies are Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl, Capital International K.K., Capital Group Private Client Services Inc, and Capital Group Investment Management Private Limited.
The CGII management companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients, the announcement explained.
Capital Bank & Trust Company, known as CB&T, is a US-based registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally chartered bank.
What is more, the announcement clarified that neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Eurobank for their own account.
Instead, the shares reported in the notification are held by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.
The disclosure was made in line with the requirements of article 14 of L. 3556/2007, which governs significant changes in voting rights in listed companies.
Earlier this week, meanwhile, Eurobank S.A. announced that it had repurchased 1,622,263 of its own shares on the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) between February 24, 2026 and February 27, 2026.
This four-day acquisition cost approximately €6.3 million, averaging €3.8930 per share.
Executed under a programme approved in October 2025, these transactions increased the bank’s total treasury holding to 17,996,091 shares, reflecting its ongoing strategy to optimise capital and enhance shareholder value.
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