Grifols Faces Scrutiny of Billionaire Family’s Control (1)

Investors in Grifols SA are set to press the company on corporate governance issues and questions about the billionaire family that controls the firm at a meeting Thursday after its shares suffered their biggest single-day drop from a short seller’s report this week.

The Spanish company, which is due to hold a call at 2:30 p.m. CET, will face questions such as the Grifols family’s involvement in strategy and operations and dealings with an investment vehicle linked to them, after hedge fund Gotham City Research LLC released a report accusing the firm of massaging its financial reporting data by inflating ...