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Affymetrix Discloses 10 Percent Stake Held by Mazama

May 13, 2008
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Mazama Capital Management owns a 10 percent stake in Affymetrix’s Class A common stock, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission today.
 
The Portland, Oregon-based investment advisory firm owned 6,783,041 shares of Affy’s common stock as of April 15.
 
As reported yesterday by GenomeWeb Daily News, Affy said in an SEC filing that Fidelity Management & Research now owns 5,050,490 shares of the firm’s common stock, which represents a nearly 7.3 percent stake in Affy. Of that total amount, the Fidelity Growth Company Fund owns 4,403,190 shares, representing a stake of 6.34 percent in Affy as of April 30.

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