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Press release 10/2009
10 June 2009
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Sale of Arendal Brewery in Norway completed
Carlsberg Group's company in Norway, Ringnes AS, has finalised an agreement to
sell the brewery in Arendal to a group of local investors. Ringnes will keep a
20% share in the company. The agreement was finally signed in a local ceremony
today and the deal will formally be concluded 1 July.
Arendal has 140 employees and is one of three breweries in Ringnes, which has a
total of 1,550 employees and a market share in Norway of around 55%. Ringnes has
earlier made it clear that the Arendal brewery does not fit into the future
production structure in Ringnes, and various structural solutions have been
considered. One of these has been a sale of the brewery to local investors.
The sale of Arendal will increase the efficiency of Ringnes' production
structure.
Contacts:
Media Relations: Jens Peter Skaarup, +45 3327 1417
Investor Relations: Peter Kondrup, +45 3327 1221
The Carlsberg Group is one of the leading brewery groups in the world, with a
large portfolio of beer and soft drinks brands. Its flagship brand - Carlsberg -
is one of the fastest growing and best-known beer brands in the world. More than
45,000 people work for the Carlsberg Group, and its products are sold in more
than 150 markets. In 2008 the Carlsberg Group sold more than 125 million
hectolitres of beer, which is about 103 million bottles of beer a day.
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