Exercise of employee share options in Kongsberg Automotive ASA

1. Out of a total of 10.930.184 exercisable options, employees in Kongsberg Automotive Group have exercised 2.364.482 options. Each share option corresponds to one share. The underlying shares have been provided by sale of the Company’s holding of treasury shares. Subsequent to the transaction Kongsberg Automotive ASA holds 4.821.460 own shares. There will be no share capital increase due to the exercise of share options.

2. Options exercised by primary insiders 18 May 2015

The primary insiders mentioned below have exercised the following number of options in the Company, each option corresponding to one share, at the indicated strike price:

3. Transfer of rights

On 18 May 2015, the primary insiders mentioned below transferred their rights to receive shares resulting from the exercise of options to a third party.

The sales amount will be finally determined on the basis of the price subsequently obtained by the third party when selling the shares in the market. Still, primary insiders cannot be held liable for losses incurred by the third party if the shares are later sold below the strike price. Final compensation for the transferred rights will be reported to Oslo Børs when known.

Anders Nyström 

Joachim Magnusson

Scott Paquette

Jarle Nymoen

4. New holding

After exercising options, the primary insiders mentioned in paragraph 2 hold the following number of unexercised options in the Company, each option corresponding to one share, at the indicated strike price:

After completion of the above mentioned transactions, the primary insiders hold the following number of shares in the Company:

Anders Nyström                   52.000

Joachim Magnusson            123.693

Scott Paquette                     90.800

Jarle Nymoen                    102.985