Cermaq ASA : Announcement from Ministry of Trade and Industry
June 25 2013 - 4:46AM
The State of Norway acquires
shares in Cermaq ASA at NOK 108.00
On Monday 24 June, the State
of Norway (the State) purchased 9,46 million shares in Cermaq ASA
at NOK 108.00 per share. In addition, the State will on Tuesday 25
June purchase up to 5 million Cermaq shares on the Oslo Stock
Exchange at the same price. The State's broker is Handelsbanken
Capital Markets.
The State has now completed the process of a
reverse Dutch auction in which it invited shareholders with a
minimum holding of 5000 shares in Cermaq ASA to offer their shares
for sale, in a period ending 24 June at 16:30 CET.
As a result of the auction, the State has
purchased 9.46 million shares at a price of NOK 108.00 per share.
All shares offered at or below this price have been purchased.
Thus, all shareholders that offered shares at NOK 108.00 or less
have had 100 % of their offer accepted.
A total of 10.9 million shares were offered at a
price of NOK 109.00 per share or less, and a total of 12.1 million
shares were offered at a price of NOK 110.00 or less.
After the purchase on 24 June the State now owns a
total of 49.73 million shares in Cermaq ASA corresponding to 53.77
% of the shares issued.
The State will on Tuesday 25 June offer to buy up
to 5 million shares at a price of NOK 108.00 per share on the Oslo
Stock Exchange. The State's broker is Handelsbanken Capital
Markets.
The rationale behind the purchases is described in
the recent bill to the Storting (the Norwegian parliament): Prop.
178 S (2012-2013) - Statens eierskap i Cermaq ASA.
About Cermaq - Cermaq is an international group of
companies with activities in fish farming, production of salmonid
feed and research in aquaculture. Cermaq has operations in Norway,
Chile, Canada, Scotland, the main geographic regions for salmon and
trout farming, and in Vietnam. Through its business unit EWOS,
Cermaq ranks as the world's largest producer of feed for salmonids.
The business unit Mainstream is one of the world's leading farming
companies of salmon and trout. The group had sales of around NOK
11.8 billion in 2012. Cermaq is listed on the Oslo stock exchange
with ticker code CEQ. www.cermaq.com
This information is subject
of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian
Securities Trading Act)
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