A New York investment firm has upped its stake in Santa Ana’s Advanced Medical Optics Inc.
D.E. Shaw & Co. LP said in a federal filing that it now owns 9.5% of the contact lens care and eye surgery device company, up from 5.9% in November.
Shaw now owns 5.7 million shares of Advanced Medical Optics. Other large shareholders include ValueAct Capital Partners LP of San Francisco and FMR Corp.’s Fidelity.
D.E. Shaw indicated its investment was passive and that it didn’t acquire shares with the intent to change or influence control of Advanced Medical.
