According to a report on December 12, based on documents disclosed by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 12, Capital Research Global Investors increased their shareholding on December 10 at an average price of HK$78.9027 per share.$ASMPT (00522.HK)$They acquired 1.4296 million H Shares, valued at approximately HK$0.113 billion. After the increase, Capital Research Global Investors' latest number of shares held is 22.1304 million shares, with the shareholding ratio rising from 4.99% to 5.34%.
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