Primary insider Roar Engeland (EVP Financial Investments and Corporate Development in Orkla ASA) exercised 125,000 options and at the same time sold 125,000 shares in the market at a average price of NOK 105.49. After this transaction Engeland's holdings in Orkla ASA are 127,700 shares, 725,000 options and 200,000 synthetic options.
A total of 8,721,345 options in Orkla have currently been issued. Moreover, Orkla has an
exposure through a cash-settled financial derivative of 1,400,000 underlying shares in the
hedge-position related to the remaining 887,000 synthetic options of the cash bonus programme.
Orkla holds 10,670,460 of its own shares.
Contact:
Ole Kristian Lunde, SVP Corporate Communications,
Tel.: +47 2254 4430