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-          Both trawlers parked after years of successful fishing.

On Thuesday the staff of Samherji’s prawn processing plant in Akureyri were told at a meeting that the company has decided to discontinue its prawn processing operations and close down the Akureyri factory. 

Samherji´s subsidiary Kaldbakur has bought 2.444.446 shares in Rem Offshore ASA in Norway at the rate 53,50 and will in due course own 6,24 % of the total shares. Five shareholders of total 50,51% shares have, at the same time, entered into an agreement to act as one in General- and Shareholders meetings and on first option of shares. This was announced to the Norwegian Stock Exchange this morning.

A new sales company has been set up for Samherji. The company is called Ice Fresh Seafood and is fully owned by Samherji.

Samherji took an active part in the European Seafood Exhibition 2007 in Brussels with a large and stylish stand.

Samherji hf. has today finalized buying Engey RE 1 on behalf of a daughter company.

Samherji hf. has finalized buying a ship from the Shetland Islands. The ship was built in Norway in the year 1998.  It is 71 m long and 13 m wide and especially equipped for pelagic fishing. The main engine is Wärtsilä 18V 32 8200kW/750 rpm and RSW tank capacity is 2100 m3

Samherji Ltd. was run profitable by 3.104 million ISK in the year 2005, compared to 2.914 million ISK in the year 2004.

An agreement has been reached for UK Fisheries to acquire the fishing businesses of J. Marr Ltd. according to an announcement of today.

Adalsteinn Helgason, Business Development Manager of Samherji Ltd., will take over as Managing Director of Síldarvinnslan Ltd. in Neskaupstadur as from January 1st 2006.