The company, which will harvest krill off Antarctic and Argentina and blue whiting off the Faroe Islands, will be one of the most valuable seafood firms on the Olso Stock Exchange following the listing.
In conjunction with the completion of the private placement, Aker announced Aker BioMarine would acquire an additional 19.2 percent of the shares in Norwegian omega-3 producer Natural, bringing its total holdings to over 89 percent. The two firms will be merged.
"We will build an effective streamlined organization," President and CEO Helge Midttun said.
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