
NORWAY - HitecVision in NOK 347m bid for Grenland Group
Norwegian private equity firm HitecVision has together with Skogen Investering, the investment company of Grenland founder and CEO Hallgeir Skogen, launched a voluntary offer for all shares in oil service company Grenland Group ASA.
Skogen currently holds 39.2% of the company, and pre-acceptances have been received from three other major shareholders, bringing Hitec's and Skogens' combined stake to 70.1%.
Grenland Group was founded in 2004 following the merger of Grenland Offshore Holding, Karmøy Stålindustrier and Hitec Framnæs. An engineering, procurement and construction company within the oil & gas and process industry, the company now employs 1200 people. It was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 2005. Last year, the company recorded revenues of NOK 1.8bn.
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