Miami, FL, October 24, 2022
Strawberry Capital AS, a related party to board member and primary insider Kenneth J. Andersen, has today acquired 2,428,283 shares in Atlantic Sapphire ASA at an average price of NOK 5.38 per share.
Following the transaction, Strawberry Capital AS holds 9,229,380 shares in the Company, the equivalent of 6.0% of the outstanding shares.
For further information, please contact:
Johan E. Andreassen
Chairman, Atlantic Sapphire ASA, and CEO, Atlantic Sapphire USA LLC;
Karl Øystein Øyehaug
Managing Director, Atlantic Sapphire ASA, and Chief Financing Officer, Atlantic Sapphire USA LLC
investorrelations@atlanticsapphire.com
About Atlantic Sapphire ASA
Atlantic Sapphire is pioneering Bluehouse® (land-raised) salmon farming, locally, and transforming protein production, globally. Atlantic Sapphire has been operating its innovation center in Denmark since 2011 with a strong focus on R&D and innovation to equip the Company with the technology and procedures that enable the Company to commercially scale up production in end markets close to the consumer.
In the US, the Company has identified and obtained the requisite permits to construct its Bluehouse® in the ideal location in Homestead, Florida, just south of Miami. The Company has completed Phase 1 construction, which provides the capacity to harvest approximately 9,500 tons (HOG) of salmon annually. The Company completed its first commercial harvest in the US in September 2020. Atlantic Sapphire is currently constructing its Phase 2 expansion, which will bring total annual production capacity to 25,000 tons, and has a targeted harvest volume in 2031 of 220,000 tons.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.