A selection of former RS Platou shareholders have completed the sale of 1.23 million shares in shipbroker Clarksons.

The stock, which was placed on the market last night, was sold at £27.50 each, a statement said.

Panmure Gordon and Liberum Capital handled the £33.89m ($42.32m) sale, which did not involve any major former RS Platou stakeholders.

Peter Anker – the ex-chief executive of RS Platou and now head of broking and investment banking at Clarksons – saw some of his holding unlocked but was not among the sellers.

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