The Board of Directors of Atea ASA has resolved to initiate a share repurchase
program. The share repurchase program is in accordance with the power of
attorney granted to the Board by the Annual General Meeting of Atea ASA on April
29, 2021.

The share repurchase program will be for a maximum consideration of NOK 100
million, and for a maximum of 520,000 shares. The program will commence on
September 20 and continue until October 31, 2021 or until the maximum number of
shares has been repurchased. Buyback transactions will be executed according to
the market price on the Oslo Stock Exchange, and the maximum price to be paid
per share under the program is NOK 200. Shares repurchased under the program
will be used to fulfill the company's obligations under its employee stock
option agreements. Atea will appoint a financial institution to carry out the
share repurchase program.

The maximum number of shares purchased per day will be 25% of the average daily
turnover in August 2021, the calendar month preceding the month in which the buy
-back program is announced. This limit is in accordance with the "safe harbor"
exemption for market abuse, as described in EU Commission delegated regulation
2016/1052 (Article 3), and as implemented in Norway under the Securities Trading
Act Section 3-1.

For more information, please contact:
Steinar Sønsteby, CEO Atea ASA, mobile (+47) 930 55 655
Robert Giori, CFO Atea ASA, mobile (+47) 934 09 188

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


About Atea
Atea is the leading supplier of IT infrastructure in the Nordic and Baltic
regions. Atea is present in 84 cities with over 7,000 employees in Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Atea delivers hardware
and software from leading global vendors, and provides consulting and technical
services to support its customers with the design, implementation and operation
of their IT environments. Atea had revenue of approximately NOK 40 billion (EUR
4 billion) in 2020 and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange. www.atea.com