The largest shareholders of Samherji, Helga Steinunn Gudmundsdottir, Thorsteinn Mar Baldvinsson, Kristjan Vilhelmsson and Kolbrun Ingolfsdottir, have transferred their shares in Samherji to their children.
Their combined ownership consisted of 86.5 percent of the shares in Samherji, but they will control a 2 percent stake in the company after the changes.
Thorsteinn Mar Baldvinsson, the CEO, and Kristjan Vilhelmsson, the managing director of ship operations, will continue to work for Samherji and remain in their positions.
