About Associated Investments Holdings Ltd.

Associated Investments Holdings Ltd. (AIH) is the parent company of the Group. It operates as a diversified financial/ industrial holding company with current main interests in five areas: shipping and offshore oil & gas industry through Investor Inc., financial services through Cornupia Capital Ltd., biotech investments through Nanobiocorp and property investments through Oprhys Properties Ltd. The Group also has investments in different high- yield securities, concentrated in the industries where the Group has experience. Further, the Group holds a trading portfolio of equities, and some smaller interests within other segments.

The Company traces its history back to 1990 when the first company in the Group was incorporated under the name of Frogner Shipholding AS. A number of companies within shipping and offshore oil & gas industry were established using the name Frogner/ Northern. The Group also took over the management/invested in a number of limited partnerships owning reefer containers, tank containers and deep sea drill ships.

The Group was consolidated under the name Northern Shipping ASA. In 1999 it subsequently relocated its business to the British Virgin Islands and changed its name to Northern Associated Group Ltd. Since 2003 it relocated its business from the British Virgin Islands to Liberia and changed the name to Associated Investments Holdings Ltd.

In 2002 the Group in cooperation with Mr. Gerald Walter, Biochard Ltd. established Nanobiocorp, Marshall Islands as a vehicle to invest in the international biotech industry which the Group thinks has a great potential.

The Company is incorporated in Liberia and has its executive office in Panama City. Its subsidiaries have offices in Oslo, Varna, Beirut, and in London.

The Company has approximately 100 shareholders. The Exuma Gang Trust is the largest shareholder of the Company with approximately 35% of the share capital.

Associated Investments Holdings Ltd

Associated Investments Holdings Ltd is a Liberia based diversified financial/ industrial holding company with its main areas of activity within the shipping, the offshore oil & gas industry and the financial sector.

The company's main subsidiaries include Investor Inc. , Cornupia Capital Ltd., Nanobiocorp. and Oprhys Properties Ltd.
 
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