The famous tuna brand is being sold to foreigners.

A notable development has occurred regarding Dardanel, the brand that first comes to mind when talking about tuna. The company announced that it will sell its 17.06% stake, which is not traded on the stock exchange, to a foreign entity, and made a statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) regarding the matter.

The KAP statement included the following remarks:

"It has been communicated to us that a board of directors' decision has been made by our major shareholder, Niyazi Önen Holding A.Ş., as follows.

In the board of directors meeting of our company dated 28.11.2024;

It has been decided to initiate negotiations regarding the sale of 100 million shares (which corresponds to 17.06% of the company's capital) of Dardanel Önentaş Gıda Sanayi A.Ş. (of which we own 68.60% of the company's capital) that are not traded on the stock exchange, to an investor entity located abroad (with the condition that we will remain the owner of 51.5% of the company's capital in any case), and to authorize Osman Niyazi Önen and/or Aşkın Kurultak in this matter."