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2025-09-09 10:29:26
Oslo, Norway, 9 September 2025: Reference is made to the stock exchange notice
issued by ABL Group ASA ("ABL Group" or the "Company") on 21 August 2025
regarding potential exercise of employee share options as part of the Company's
previous long-term incentive plan ("LTIP").
Participants in ABL Group's share option program have on 9 September 2025
exercised a total of 2,332,500 options issued as part of the LTIP 2020 program
at an exercise price of NOK 4.68.
Each option gives a right to receive one share in the Company. For more
information on the LTIP and outstanding share options, please see the Company's
Annual Report as well as the notice to the Annual General Meeting 2025.
Following the exercise, the Board of Directors, pursuant to authorisation
granted at the Company's Annual General Meeting, has decided to increase the
Company's share capital by NOK 233,250.00 by issuing 2,332,500 new shares of par
value NOK 0.1. Subsequent to the transaction, ABL Group's share capital will be
NOK 13,342,536.70 divided into 133,425,367 shares, each share having a par value
of NOK 0.1 and carrying one vote in the Company's general meeting.
The following options are exercised by primary insiders:
· 100,000 options are exercised by RV Ahilan, Chief Energy Transition Officer.
Following the transaction, Ahilan will own 987,705 shares in the Company.
Ahilan and certain other option holders have transferred their rights to receive
shares resulting from the exercised options to a third party. Following a sale
of shares, these option holders will receive the net proceeds after deduction of
the exercise price and accrued tax. The sales amount will be finally determined
on the basis of the price subsequently obtained by the third party in the
market. The results of the sales process for primary insiders will be announced
in a separate stock exchange notice when known.
Please see attached primary insider notification form pursuant to the
requirements of the Market Abuse Regulation.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to MAR
Article 19 and Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
After the exercise, the following employee share options remain outstanding from
the Company's previous incentive plan:
- 740,000 vested share options expiring 11 April 2026, with exercise price NOK
10.69.
For more information about the Company's current employee incentive programs,
please refer to the Company's remuneration report or the stock exchange notice
issued by the Company on 8 May 2025.
For further information, please contact:
Investors and financial media:
Haakon Brandrud, Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, ABL Group ASA
Email: haakon.brandrud@abl-group.com
Other media enquiries:
Endre Johansen, Corporate Communications AS
Telephone: +47 41 61 06 05
Email: endre.johansen@corpcom.no
About ABL Group
ABL Group (OSE: ABL Group ASA - ticker code "ABL") is a leading independent
global consultancy delivering energy, marine, engineering and digital solutions
to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil and gas
sectors. The group has offices in 44 countries worldwide and operates under four
main brands: ABL, OWC, Longitude and AGR.