On Tuesday, the news broke that Austevoll Seafood had purchased 32 percent of the shares in Norway Pelagic, and that Domstein had sold a corresponding number of shares in the group. Domstein is now completely out of pelagic.
There was immediate speculation: Why did they sell?
“Purely a financial evaluation. The price offer made was good, more than 50 percent of the market price for the shares. We owned just on one-third of Norway Pelagic and so you have to take financial considerations into account: How are we best able to manage values in Domstein,” group CEO Rolf Domstein told IntraFish.
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