The ro-ro shipping companysaid the acceptance period ended on 23 May, with 8.54m shares pledged at SEK 5($0.77) each.

Sveaas’ Kistefos company hasacquired another 1.8% outside the offer since March, giving it and subsidiary VikingInvest 70.5%, up from 63.2% previously.

The RABT board had urged shareholders toreject the deal, which valued it at SEK 739m but was described as “unfair”based on a report by Deloitte and Touche.

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