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The President of Iceland Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, rewarded Samherji hf.  The president of Iceland´s award for export achievement in a ceremony at Bessastaðir yesterday. Thorsteinn Mar Baldvinsson, Director of Samherji accepted the award on the company´s behalf.

Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, Director of Samherji Ltd., introduced the budget for the year 2003, in the Shareholders Annual meeting which was held last Thursday.

Samherji´s Annual meeting will be held Thursday 3rd April in Nýja bíó, Akureyri at 15.00.  The Company´s Board of Directors will propose a  20% dividend to stockholders for the year 2002. The Financial statement for 2002 is here

Samherji Ltd. was run profitable by 1.879 million ISK in the year 2002, compared to 1.108  million ISK profit in the year 2001.

Samherji Ltd. was run profitable by 1.879 million ISK in the year 2002, compared to 1.108  million ISK profit in the year 2001.

Haraldur Grétarsson Manager of Deutsche Fischfang Union GmbH in Germany, says that fishing has been good in the Barents Sea in the past month.  The ships have been landing or about to be landing good catch.

Samherji hf and Fjord Seafood ASA have signed a collaboration agreement. Samherji will aquire 11.2 million shares (approximately 2.6 %) in Fjord Seafood and the companies will cooperate on fish farming and distribution of salmon and whitefish products.

Seagold Ltd., Samherji´s sales company in Great Britain has moved within the Hull area.  The office has been situated in the town center of Hull since founded in May 1996 but has now been moved into a 100sq meters office space in Hessle, a small town in the suburbs of Hull.

The Planning Agency, (Skipulagsstofnun) which monitors the application of law and regulations on planning, building and environmental impact assessment, has approved Samherji´s  6000tn salmon farming in Reyðarfjörður, as described in Samherji´s presentation.

The operations of Samherji hf. were profitable by 1.755 million ISK the first six months of the year 2002. Profit before depreciation and financial expenses (EBITDA) was 2.021 million ISK or just over 28% of the revenue compared to barely 25% the same time last year. Net cash provided by operating activities was 1.624 million ISK compared to 1.150 million in 2001.