Viken Skog sells most of its shares in Norske Skog

摘要

Viken Skog, so far Norske Skog's principal shareholder, has sold most of its shares in the company and plans to concentrate in future on developing its forest industries cluster project. Just a few days after Viken Skog announced the acquisition of the Folium newsprint mill from Norske Skog, the company sold 10.8 million shares for NKR5.60 per share, equivalent to 5.75% of Norske Skog's share capital. The sale leaves Viken Skog with 97,825 shares or a 0.05% of the company.