Private equity group Bain Capital and Altor's NOK 6.2 billion ($1.1 billion/€825.1 million) bid for Cermaq-owned feed group Ewos was just one of several options the Norwegian giant considered in its hunt for an alternative to the full takeover offer from Marine Harvest.
The board of Cermaq began an active hunt for other bidders for its operations shortly after the Norwegian Norway Minister of Trade and Industry rejected the Marine Harvest offer as inadequate in mid-May, Cermaq CFO Tore Valderhaug told IntraFish.
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