SalMar - Acquisition of a further 0.7 per cent of the shares in Villa Organic AS

SalMar ASA agreed today to exercise an option to acquire a further 0.7 per cent
of the shares in Villa Organic AS for a total consideration of NOK 2.5 million.
Following this transaction SalMar ASA will control 50.42 per cent of the
company's shares. The acquisition of the remaining shares is being undertaken to
maximise potential synergies and value creation in the company and for the
shareholders. Completion of the transaction is subject to the approval of the
Norwegian competition authorities. Villa Organic AS becomes, from today's date,
a subsidiary of the SalMar Group. The business will report as a separate segment
with effect from the second quarter 2013.

Villa Organic AS is a fully integrated aquaculture enterprise, with operations
along the entire value chain. Its fish farming activities are located in
Finnmark. The group has a total of 16 licences for the production of farmed
salmon, and expects to harvest 13,000 tonnes in 2013.

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

SalMar ASA

For more information, please contact:
Yngve Myhre, CEO, tel: +47 916 30 174
Trond Tuvstein, IR, tel: +47 918 53 139
E-mail: ir@salmar.no
Web: www.salmar.no

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.


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