Czech Arms Billionaire Comes Out Fighting After Share Drop

Michal Strnad, chairman of CSG NV, during the company’s listing ceremony at Euronext Amsterdam on Jan. 23.Photographer: Lina Selg/Bloomberg

Czech billionaire Michal Strnad said investors are undervaluing his company, CSG NV, after its share price halved since he completed the largest-ever initial public offering for a pure-play defense firm.

In his first comments since the media arm of short-seller Hunterbrook issued a report on CSG last week that sank the company’s shares, Strnad said questions raised about production capacity were “total nonsense.”