FishPool has announced it has agreed to an offer from the Oslo Stock Exchange (Oslo Bors), which will result in the stock exchange holding 71 percent of the company.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Fish Pool is valued at NOK 27.25 million (USD 4.8 million, EUR 3.7 million).
“We are impressed by the progress of Fish Pool is recent year. The company has contributed to large and important breakthroughs in the market for trading financial salmon contracts. This is an exiting step for us and we look forward to working closely with Fish Pool in the marketing and development of the financial market for salmon derivatives,” said Bente Landsnes, Olso Bors president and CEO.
“Oslo Børs has succeeded in establishing itself as the world’s leading seafood exchange, and has both competence and network that will be valuable for us in our further development of Fish Pool. We are very satisfied to have Oslo Børs as an owner of Fish Pool,” said Søren Martens, Fish Pool managing director.
