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AKVA group achieved revenues of 222.1 MNOK (243.7 MNOK) in the first quarter of 2013 with an EBITDA of 10.4 MNOK (39.7 MNOK)

Reference is made to the announcement of 30 April regarding our intention to launch a voluntary offer for the shares in Cermaq ASA. As Marine Harvest has made clear, the condition for launching such offer is that the Annual General Meeting of Cermaq turns down the proposals relating to the Copeinca transaction

Food Safety Authority last week. The letter says among other things that "during the monitoring of residues of banned and harmful substances live larvae of nematode Anisakis simplex were detected in the consignment of chilled cod liver imported from Norway to Russia

HB Grandi signed a contract with Valka at the Brussels European Seafood Exposition for an X-ray guided cutting machine for its cod fillet production line. This is the first machine of its kind anywhere, and was unveiled publicly for the first time at the exhibition

Marine Harvest ASA has published update of salmon harvest volumes after the end of first quarter 2013

Mainstream Chile has sold the processing plant in Calbuco, Chile to Australis Seafoods for USD 11.7 million

Morpol's consolidated operating revenue in Q4 2012 amounted to EUR 163.1 million, which was higher by EUR 12.8 million in comparison to operating revenue generated in the same period last year. Operating EBIT for the quarter amounted to EUR 6.2 million (3.8 percent margin), which was EUR 7.3 million lower versus the same period last year

(Oslo, 19 February 2013) Aker Seafoods achieved an operating result (EBIT) of NOK 31 million in the quarter, an increase of NOK 2 million compared to the fourth quarter in 2011

HB Grandi’s fishmeal plant at Akranes has started production, following the first cargo of capelin of the season that arrived on Saturday. Faxi RE docked with 1430 tonnes that morning and later that day Víkingur AK arrived with a further 1410 tonnes on board

Cermaq reported an EBIT pre fair value and non-recurring items for the fourth quarter of NOK 11 million (NOK 300 million) from high volume growth in feed offset by low salmon prices, especially in Americas and Japan. EBIT pre fair value was NOK 164 million. The full year EBIT pre fair value and non-recurring items was NOK 404 million (NOK 1 369 million). The Board of Directors propose a dividend for 2012 of NOK 1.0 per share, according to Cermaq ASA.

As announced earlier, Mr. Jerzy Malek will resign as CEO of Morpol ASA with effect from 28th February 2013. The Board of Morpol ASA has appointed Mr. John-Paul McGinley, the former COO of the company, as the new CEO, according to Morpol.

Mainstream Norway has detected SAV virus in fish at the farming site Tuvan in Langefjorden, Finnmark, and is consequently suspecting PD at this site

Norwegian AKVA group ASA New has signed a contract with Russian Sea-Aquaculture LLC for a complete AKVA Cage Farm to be installed in the Murmansk region

Marine Harvest has sold the 31.3% stake in Aquagen to Aquagen's majority owner EW Group GmbH for NOK 173 mill. The transaction will trigger an accounting gain of NOK 136 mill in Q4 2012 and a liquidity effect of NOK 161 mill, of which NOK 89 mill in Q4 2012

Total catches by HB Grandi’s vessels last year came to approximately 200,000 tonnes with an overall value of ISK17.80 billion. This shows a slight reduction in catches and values for the company’s freezer trawlers, attributable to Therney RE and Örfirisey RE being docked for extensive refits during last year. An increase in pelagic catches has resulted in the company’s overall landings being similar to those in 2011

Moscow, December 17, 2012 Russian Sea Group announced sale to a group of investors of its prepared seafood brands and processing business (Russian Sea CJSC with a factory in Noginsk near Moscow) under a series of agreements,

(Bergen, 17 December 2012): The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest has entered into an agreement with Friendmall Ltd. and Bazmonta Holding Ltd. to acquire 48.5% of the shares in Morpol ASA for NOK 11.50 per share. Marine Harvest intends to submit a mandatory offer for the remaining shares in Morpol

The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest ASA (the "Company") has resolved to offer all permanent employees in the Company and its Norwegian subsidiaries the opportunity to purchase shares in the Company within the scope of the Norwegian Tax Act §5-14

Morpol's consolidated operating revenue in Q3 2012 amounted to EUR 107.5 million, which was higher by EUR 4.1 million in comparison to operating revenue generated in the same period last year

Aker Seafoods achieved an operating result (EBIT) of NOK 36 million in the quarter, a decrease of NOK 3 million compared to the third quarter in 2011. EBITDA in the third quarter 2012 came to NOK 29 million against NOK 59 million in the corresponding period in 2011. Operating revenues in the third quarter totaled NOK 171 million. This is NOK 65 million lower compared to the same period in 2011