Cavendish has today applied for its shares to be admitted to trading on the Oslo Stock Exchange (the "Listing"). Furthermore, Cavendish will be hosting investor meetings June 3-7, 2024, in addition to a group investor meeting at 14:00 CEST on Thursday June 6, 2024. Anyone wishing to attend can register by contacting one of the Managers (as defined below).

Please refer to the company presentation made available on Cavendish' website, https://cavendishh2.com/.

The spin-off and Listing are still subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including inter alia the approval by the Oslo Stock Exchange, satisfaction of any conditions set for such approval, Nel's Board of Directors resolving to distribute the shares in Cavendish to the shareholders of Nel as dividend in kind, and approval of a listing prospectus by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway. Although the spin-off and Listing remain on schedule with regard to Listing by end of Q2 2024, no assurance can be given that it will be completed.

Carnegie AS is acting as global coordinator, and Arctic Securities AS and Fearnley Securities AS as joint lead managers (together the "Managers") to Nel and Cavendish in connection with the spin-off and Listing.

Register for investor meetings by contacting respective sales representatives at one of the Managers or by sending an email to ca@carnegie.no,events@arctic.comor corp.access@fearnleys.com.

For additional information, please contact:

Kjell Christian Bjørnsen, CFO, +47 917 02 097

Lars Nermoen, Head of Communications, +47 902 40 153

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

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