Kværner ASA: Acquisition of own shares
27 June 2013 - Kværner ASA has today, in connection with the company's share purchase programmes for employees and managers, purchased 50 000 own shares in the open market at an average price of NOK 9.64 per share. Following the transaction, Kværner ASA holds a total of 1 772 000 own shares.
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For further information, please contact:
Investor relations: Ingrid Aarsnes, SVP Investor Relations, Kvaerner, Tel: +47 67 59 50 46, Mob: +47 950 38 364
Media: Mariken Holter, SVP Corporate Communications, Kvaerner, Tel: +47 67 52 74 35, Mob: +47 917 87 358.
About Kvaerner:
With more than 3 000 HSSE-focused and experienced employees, Kvaerner is a specialised provider of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for offshore platforms and onshore plants. Kværner ASA, through its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Kvaerner"), is an international contractor that plans and realises some of the world's most demanding projects as a preferred partner for upstream and downstream oil and gas operators, industrial companies and other engineering and fabrication contractors.
In 2012, the Kvaerner group had consolidated annual revenues of close to NOK 11 billion and the company had an order backlog of more than NOK 21 billion on 31 December 2012. Kvaerner was publicly listed with the ticker "KVAER" at the Oslo Stock Exchange on 8 July 2011. For further information, please visit www.kvaerner.com.