Orkla ASA: Acquisition of Rieber & Søn now completed
Orkla ASA has today completed its agreement to purchase 69,900,380 shares in Rieber & Søn ASA (RIE) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Orkla Brands AS (hereafter called Orkla); see the stock exchange notification of 20 August 2012. The purchase price per share, including accrued interests, is NOK 67.45. After the acquisition, Orkla will own 90.11% of the shares in RIE. The sellers of the shares are AS Atlantis Vest (34,427,090 shares, equivalent to 44.38%), Zee Ploeg AS (33,773,290 shares, equivalent to 43.54%) and Flu AS (1,700,000 shares, equivalent to 2.19%). None of the sellers