The value of Aker increases by 14.7 billion NOK – DN.no

Adjusted own funds for the value of Aker's equity increased by NOK 14.7 billion in the second quarter, or 34.6%, to NOK 57.1 billion. Per share, this is NOK 769 compared to NOK 571 per share at the end of the previous quarter. There is a new record.

Values ​​continue to grow after rising $ 0.6 billion in the first quarter of the year.

Aker head, Øyvind Eriksen, says that Aker paid out NOK 1.3 billion in dividends to shareholders during the quarter.

– In the second quarter, Aker created a value of NOK 16 billion. It's hard to find a better quarter in Aker's 177-year-old industrial history. "

Aker's campaign is mainly due to rising prices in the oil company Aker BP, where Aker holds 40%.

Aker BP contributed NOK 13.1 billion to the increase in value at During the quarter, Aker Solutions contributed $ 1.5 billion, Ocean Yield $ 700 million and Kværner and Akastor NOK $ 300 million each.

– I am pleased that all companies in our industrial portfolio contribute positively during the quarter , writes Eriksen in the quarterly report

Aker BP also contributed to Aker's share price, which reached record levels this year.Aker is now valued at around NOK 46 billion on Oslo Børs Eriksen also updates Aker Energy, which owns 50% of Aker and 50% of the wholly-owned company by Kjell Inge Røkke, TRG.

– Aker Energy is a other company that is accessible only to investors via the Aker's action At this point, we are in a start-up phase and the Aker Energy team, which currently has a hundred people in Fornebu and Accra, is now working with the help Aker to prepare a project submission Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points – the block in the second half of the year. But instead of hurrying to make a decision on the investment, we will devote the time and effort needed to put the foundations in place before moving on to the project, writes Eriksen. (Conditions)