US-based biotechnology firm Intrexon sold 100 percent of its shares in GM salmon producer AquaBounty. Those shares constituted 38.1 percent of US-based AquaBounty’s outstanding shares, according to a listing released to shareholders on Oct. 31.
TS Aquaculture LLC, which is managed by Third Security LLC, purchased 8,239,199 shares from Intrexon for $2.62 (€2.35) per share, a total of $21.5 million (€19.2 million).
