On 26 April 2013, Cermaq ASA, whose CEO Mr. Jon Hindar was elected to the board of directors of Copeinca ASA on 12 April 2013, purchased 342,373 shares of Copeinca ASA at a price of NOK 59.70 per share. After the transaction above, and after purchase of 322,129 shares at NOK 59.70 per share (excl. dividends) in the market made before Mr. Hindar joined the Copeinca ASA board, Cermaq ASA owns 13,217,495 shares and votes of Copeinca ASA, equal to 18.9 percent of the total number of shares. As announced by Cermaq ASA on 5 April 2013, several shareholders have entered into irrevocable agreements to sell 23,005,603 shares of Copeinca ASA to Cermaq ASA at a price of NOK 59.70 per share. The irrevocable agreements are conditional upon i.a. the completion of a voluntary offer by Cermaq to acquire the shares in Copeinca ASA and the completion of a rights issue in Cermaq ASA. The 342,373 shares mentioned above were included in these agreements, and hence, shareholders holding 22,663,230 shares are now parties to irrevocable agreements to sell their shares to Cermaq ASA at a price of NOK 59.70 per share. If the irrevocable agreements are completed, Cermaq ASA will hold 35,880,725 shares of Copeinca ASA, equal to 51.1 percent of the total number of shares of Copeinca ASA. Among the sellers of the 342,373 shares were Samuel Dyer Coriat and Samuel Edward Dyer Ampudia, both directors and thus primary insiders of Copeinca ASA, who sold 46,000 and 11,000 shares in Copeinca ASA, respectively, at the price of NOK 59.70 per share. Following such sale neither of them hold any shares or rights to shares in Copeinca ASA.
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