Town Council
\nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur agreed at its meeting today to accept HSV's offer.
\nownership of Slhf. in 15.42% of the town's share in HS Veitur for 3.5
\nbillions of kroner. Preparation for the sale of the shares in HS Veitur began with
\napproved by the town council in April. The share was put out to an open tender process and showed
\nNumerous investors are interested in the shares. After a six-month detailed sales process
\nit has been decided to accept the offer from the HSV holding company for the stake. Behind
\nThe company is owned by 14 pension funds (90%) as well as other professional investors.<\/p>\n
Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur
\nhas been among the shareholders in HS Veitur since its establishment in 2008. The company
\nManage the sale and distribution of hot water, cold water and the distribution of electricity in
\nIn the South-West, at several locations in South-East Iceland and the capital region. In Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur
\nThe company's service is the distribution of electricity. <\/p>\n
\u201eSuccessful B\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rn Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar sam\u00feykkti \u00e1 fundi s\u00ednum \u00ed dag a\u00f0 ganga a\u00f0 tilbo\u00f0i HSV eignarhaldsf\u00e9lags slhf. \u00ed 15,42% eignarhlut b\u00e6jarins \u00ed HS Veitum fyrir 3,5 milljar\u00f0a kr\u00f3na. Undirb\u00faningur a\u00f0 s\u00f6lu hlutabr\u00e9fanna \u00ed HS Veitum h\u00f3fst me\u00f0 sam\u00feykkt b\u00e6jarr\u00e1\u00f0s \u00ed apr\u00edl. Hluturinn var settur \u00ed opi\u00f0 \u00fatbo\u00f0sferli og s\u00fdndu fj\u00f6lmargir fj\u00e1rfestar \u00e1huga \u00e1 hlutabr\u00e9funum. Eftir sex m\u00e1na\u00f0a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14459"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe sale of just over 15% of the HS Veitur share is welcome news for the people of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Good
\nThe price was received for the share and the proceeds will strengthen the municipal fund of the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.
\nsignificantly to meet income loss and economic hardship due to Covid-19
\nof the pandemic,\u201c <\/em>says R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, the mayor. \u201eThe stake in HS Veitur
\nhas no effect on residents in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur but the pricing of electricity distribution is
\nSubject to strict conditions in the electricity act. The buyers are mostly pension funds.
\nwhich underpin more than half of the country's pension system. The proceeds of the sale
\nreduces the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's need for borrowing and thereby its repayments and interest
\nthe future and at the same time provides an opportunity to move forward with the interests of the town's residents
\nguiding principle.\u201c<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"