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The per-share NAV amounted to NOK 939 as per 31 December 2021, compared to NOK
953 and NOK 718, as per 30 September 2021 and 31 December 2020, respectively.
The Aker share increased 21 per cent, adjusted for dividend, to NOK 825 in the
fourth quarter, compared to a 3.3 per cent increase in the benchmark index
(“OSEBX”). For the full year, the Aker share increased 52 per cent, including
dividend, compared to a 23 per cent increase in the OSEBX.
“Aker delivered significant annual return to shareholders in 2021, with a value
creation of 52 per cent, including dividends. But we do not rest on our laurels.
As 2021 was our year of acceleration, 2022 will be the year of execution in a
more turbulent market environment. Aker’s commitment to making a meaningful
contribution to a greener and more sustainable future remains unchanged,” said
Øyvind Eriksen, President and CEO of Aker ASA.
The value decrease of Aker’s Industrial Holdings portfolio of NOK 7.4 billion in
the fourth quarter to NOK 68.0 billion was mainly due to the sale of Ocean Yield
and a divestment of 2.86 per cent in Aker BP. The value of Aker’s Financial
Investments portfolio stood at NOK 12.0 billion at the end of the fourth
quarter, compared to NOK 8.0 billion as per 30 September 2021.
Aker’s liquidity reserve, including undrawn credit facilities, stood at NOK 7.0
billion as per 31 December 2021. The value-adjusted equity ratio was 87 per
cent, slightly up from the third quarter.
“In the fourth quarter, Aker strengthened its liquidity reserves through the
sale of Ocean Yield and a divestment of 2.86 per cent in Aker BP. The strategic
rationale behind the divestments was to prepare Aker for the kind of market
volatility that we have gone through so far this year, triggered by increasing
geopolitical tension, higher inflation and increasing interest rates,” said
Eriksen. “Aker BP will remain Aker’s largest asset and is an important part of
our Industrial Holdings portfolio long term. Aker has no plan or intention to
divest more shares in Aker BP and we appreciate that both BP and the Lundin
family have expressed their excitement for, and commitment to, the combined Aker
BP and Lundin Energy.”
Aker’s Board of Directors proposes a cash dividend payment of NOK 14.5 per share
for 2021 and will propose for the Annual General Meeting in April 2022 that the
Board is authorised to pay additional cash dividend in 2022 based on the 2021
annual accounts. If an additional cash dividend is declared by the Board in the
second half of 2022 and equals the proposed ordinary dividend for 2021 of NOK
14.5 per share, the total dividend paid during 2022 will be NOK 29.0 per share.
This would represent a 3.5 per cent yield to the share price and 3.1 per cent of
NAV at the close of 2021.
The full report and presentation are available at www.akerasa.com and
www.newsweb.no
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For more information, please contact:
Investors:
Joachim Bjørni, Head of Investor Relations, Aker ASA
Tel: +47 924 22 106
E-mail: joachim.bjorni@akerasa.com
Media:
Atle Kigen, Head of Media Relations and Public Affairs, Aker ASA
Tel: +47 907 84 878
Email: atle.kigen@akerasa.com
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5
-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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