Clarksons stock worth around £36.3m ($45.41m) held by former RS Platou shareholders has come to the market following the end of a lock-in period.

Panmure Gordon and Liberum Capital are handling the sale of 1.23 million shares in the world’s largest shipbroker, a statement said.

The shares are held by a selection of former Platou investors who took the stock as part of a deal that combined the two companies in February 2015.

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