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ABL GROUP ASA: Dividend approval and Ex Date

The Annual General Meeting in ABL Group ASA held today approved the Board’s proposal of distributing a dividend of NOK 0.45 per share. The shares in ABL Group ASA will be traded without the right to receive dividend as from 30 May 2025 (ex-date). The dividend will be distributed to the shareholders on or about 16 June 2025. The distribution will be classified as a repayment of paid-in capital.

This information is subject to disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act and requirements under the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

ABL GROUP ASA: Annual General Meeting 2025 held

The Annual General Meeting of ABL Group ASA was held today. All resolutions proposed in the notice to the Annual General Meeting were approved by the shareholders. Please find attached the minutes from the Annual General Meeting.

This information is subject to disclosure requirements pursuant to sections 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act and requirements under the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

ABL Group ASA: Awards under Long Term and Short Term employee incentive programs

Reference is made to ABL Group ASA’s (the Company) stock exchange notice dated 8 March 2024.

Based on 2024 results and after evaluation of the performance criteria, the Company has awarded 134,383 shares to employees as part of its Short Term Incentive Program (STIP) and 440,386 shares to employees as part of its Long Term Incentive Program (LTIP).

Settlement of shares under the STIP will be done through use of treasury shares. Following completion of the settlement under STIP, ABL Group owns a total of 113,830 of its own shares, corresponding to 0,087 % of ABL Group’s share capital.

With respect to the LTIP 2024, the employees will surrender their 2024 Performance Share Units (PSUs) and in return LTIP shares will be delivered to the relevant employees in 2026 (50% of award) and 2027 (50% of award), provided the employee remains employed with ABL Group through the settlement dates as well as no breach of employment conditions and/or ABL Group Code of Conduct.

In addition, as part of LTIP 2025, the Company will issue new awards of PSUs to key employees of the Company, being part of the executive and senior leadership teams (each a PSU Holder). The PSUs give the PSU Holder the right to receive shares in the Company depending on the achievement of certain performance criteria and subject to continued employment on the relevant settlement dates. The conversion of PSUs to shares will be determined by performance against two target metrics: (i) group adjusted EBIT and (ii) return on capital employed. Each of the performance metrics is measured for the period 1 January 2025 through 31 December 2025. The Company will notify each PSU Holder of the total achieved performance and the number of shares earned by the PSU Holder after announcement of the Q4 results for 2025. The shares will be delivered to the PSU Holder in 2027 (50%) and 2028 (50%), provided the PSU Holder remains employed with ABL Group through the settlement dates, as well as no breach of employment conditions and/or ABL Group Code of Conduct. Settlement of PSUs will be done through use of treasury shares or by issuance of new shares, as decided by the Board of Directors. A total of 1,100,000 shares are to be designated for settlement of the 2025 PSUs, which takes into account the maximum achievement under the scheme.

The Company will also continue the annual STIP for all employees in the group. All employees are awarded a bonus opportunity subject to the achievement of certain performance conditions. The performance under the STIP for the financial year 2025 will be considered by the Board after announcement of the Q4 results for 2025. Payments will be made in cash and/or shares as decided by the Board of Directors.

Details of the primary insider’s transactions pursuant to the Market Abuse Regulation article 19 are attached.

This information is subject to disclosure requirements set out in the Market Abuse Regulation EU 596/2014 Article 19 and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act Section 5-12.

ABL Group ASA: Q1 2025 financial results

HIGHLIGHTS Q1 2025

  • Revenues of USD 81.7 million (Q1 24: USD 68.9 million)
  • Operating profit of USD 1.8 million (Q1 24: USD 3.4 million)
  • Adjusted EBIT of USD 3.1 million (Q1 24: USD 3.7 million)
  • Net cash of USD 3.5 million (Q4 24: USD 4.8 million)
  • Proposed semi-annual dividend of NOK 0.45 per share in H1 2025 upheld
  • Acquisition of Techconsult announced, to be consolidated from Q2

Reuben Segal, CEO of ABL Group ASA (“ABL Group” or the “Company”), commented:
“Headwinds in the renewable energy market have been joined by geopolitical uncertainty, which combine to delay decision-making in more traditional sectors. However, despite more challenging markets, our actions in late 2024 have allowed us to maintain profitability levels.

Revenue growth compared to the same period last year was exclusively driven by the acquisitions of Ross Offshore and Proper Marine, partially offset by lower ABL revenues. The consolidation of Ross Offshore, a structurally lower margin business, makes more recent comparisons more relevant and we have seen a small increase in margins since Q4 2024.

Client decision making is inevitably impacted by a more uncertain backdrop, exacerbated in the past quarter, and so our outlook remains mixed. In the oil and gas market, we now anticipate a largely flat market in 2025, with some regional demand shifts. Our maritime market remains relatively stable, and strong tendering performance in the global renewables markets provides some indication of revived confidence in a market that has struggled for two years now. ABL Group remains well placed in all markets with a strong delivery platform and leading reputation with clients.”

A presentation of the quarterly results will be held today at 08:30 CET at SpareBank 1 Markets’ office at Olav Vs gate 5, 0161 Oslo. The event will be webcast live and available for replay shortly after. To watch the webcast, please visit our Reports and Presentations page.

The quarterly report and a corresponding slide presentation is available on www.newsweb.no and on our Reports and Presentations page.

ABL Group ASA: Invitation to presentation of Q1 2025 results

ABL Group ASA (“ABL Group”) will release its first-quarter results on Wednesday, 7 May 2025, at approximately 06:00 Central European Time (CET).

A presentation of the quarterly results will be held the same day at 08:30 CET at SpareBank 1 Markets’ office at Olav Vs gate 5, 0161 Oslo. The event will be webcast live and available for replay shortly after.

The webcast can be viewed at ABL Group’s website, www.abl-group.com, or directly at https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20250507_1/

If you would like to attend the event in person, please notify SpareBank 1 Markets at corporateaccess@sb1markets.no.

The earnings release concerning the quarterly results and a corresponding slide presentation will be posted on www.newsweb.no and on ABL Group’s website, www.abl-group.com.

ABL GROUP ASA: Notice of Annual General Meeting 2025

The Annual General Meeting of ABL Group ASA (the “Company”) will be held on 28 May 2025 at 13:00 CET at the Company’s offices, Karenslyst Alle 4, 0278 OSLO.

Shareholders are recommended to exercise their shareholder rights through advance votes by electronic communication via VPS Investor Services or to vote by proxy prior to the meeting. The notice, including attendance, proxy and advance voting forms, will be mailed to all shareholders with a known address. The complete notice, including the recommendation from the Nomination Committee, is attached to this notification and will also be available at the Company’s corporate website www.abl-group.com.

ABL Group ASA: Annual Report 2024

ABL Group ASA’s Annual Report 2024 is attached and can be downloaded from www.newsweb.no and www.abl-group.com.

The Annual Report 2024 is also available in the European Single Electronic Format (ESEF).

ABL Group ASA: Mandatory notification of trade

ABL Group ASA (the Company) has been notified of the following transactions by closely associated legal person to primary insider and CEO, AmAn Marine Ltd, controlled by Reuben Segal.

AmAn Marine Ltd has purchased 50,000 shares at average price of NOK 9.19 per share. Following the share purchase, AmAn Marine Ltd holds 2,053,003 shares in the Company.

Please see attached primary insider notification form pursuant to the requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to MAR Article 19 and Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

ABL Group ASA: Acquisition of Techconsult completed

ABL Group has successfully completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares of Norway-based engineering and technical resourcing consultancy Techconsult, thereby creating one of the largest technical staffing providers in Norway and the North Sea.

Please refer to the stock exchange announcement dated 12 February 2025 for further details about Techconsult and the transaction.

Techconsult will now join ABL Group’s energy and software consultancy branch AGR and merge with its existing resource consultancy.

ABL Group expands Baltic Sea operations with new branch in Gdańsk

ABL Group, the global energy, marine and engineering consultancy group, strengthens its operations in the Baltic Sea and Poland with the opening of a new branch in Gdańsk, Poland.

The strategic expansion reinforces ABL Group’s commitment to supporting Poland’s marine and energy sectors, as well as enhancing local capacity to support the wider Baltic Sea region.

This in-country expansion builds on ABL Group’s established presence in Warsaw through its renewable energy consultancy arm, OWC. It also adds to the group’s regional operations in Denmark and Hamburg, Germany.

The new office in Gdańsk will act as a hub for delivering a wide range of expert services spanning marine, energy, engineering and software. It will offer a platform in particular, for the group’s offering in advisory services, ports and harbours consulting, design and engineering, marine assurance and risk, marine warranty survey and asset integrity management.  

Poland is poised to become a major player in offshore wind, with ambitious targets and a growing pipeline of projects. ABL Group, via its energy and marine consultancy ABL and renewable energy consultancy OWC, has been actively involved in Poland and the wider Baltic Sea’s offshore mid-stream and renewable energy development, providing technical and advisory services to developers and investors.

The new office address is: Gdański Inkubator Przedsiębiorczości STARTER (lokal nr 4.25.1), ul. Lęborska 3b, 80-386 Gdańsk, Poland.


ABL Group in Poland

ABL Group has an established presence in the Polish market, via its renewable energy consultancy, OWC, which is present in Warsaw, as well as in the Baltic Sea via our office in Hamburg, Germany. Here is a selection of recent news relating to ABL Group in the Baltic Sea:

  • ABL drafted to support Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Poland. Read more here.
  • ABL to assess navigational risk for Finland’s first open-sea offshore wind farm. Read more here.
  • OWC Poland featured in the 2024 Global Offshore Wind Report. Read more here.