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Oslo, 15 January 2026

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made by Fjord Defence Group
ASA (the "Company") on 14 January 2026 regarding the approval and publication of
a prospectus (the "Prospectus"), and the launch of a subsequent offering of up
to 2,083,333 new shares in the Company, each with a par value of NOK 8.40
("Offer Shares"), at a subscription price of NOK 12.00 per Offer Share (the
"Subsequent Offering").

The subscription period in the Subsequent Offering starts today, 15 January
2026, at 09:00 CET and expires on 23 January 2026 at 16:30 CET (the
"Subscription Period"). Subscription rights that are not used to subscribe for
Offer Shares before the expiry of the Subscription Period will have no value and
will lapse without compensation to the holder.

Subscription for Offer Shares by subscribers who are residents of Norway with a
Norwegian personal identification number (Nw.: fødsels- og personnummer), may be
made by way of online subscription. The Prospectus, including the subscription
form and further instructions regarding the subscription procedure, is available
at www.paretosec.com/transactions and www.nordea.com/en/issuances.

Advisors
Pareto Securities AS and Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge, are acting as managers
(the "Managers") and Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS is acting as legal advisor to
the Company in connection with the Subsequent Offering.

For further information, please contact:
Jon Asbjørn Bø, CEO
jon.asbjorn.bo@fjorddefence.com 
+47 930 86 932

ABOUT FJORD DEFENCE GROUP ASA

Fjord Defence Group ASA ("DFENS") is a Norwegian "compounder" listed on Euronext
Oslo Børs seeking to acquire and develop fast-growing, profitable, and well-run
companies in the defence industry. The company has a buy & build strategy, with
focus on acquiring established, profitable businesses within the defence,
security and related segments. More information on www.fjorddefencegroup.com.

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

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The information contained in this announcement is for background purposes only
and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any
purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy,
fairness or completeness. None of the Managers, nor or any of their affiliates
or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, advisors or agents,
accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever for, or makes any
representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the truth, accuracy or
completeness of the information in this announcement (or whether any information
has been omitted from the announcement) or any other information relating to the
Company, its subsidiaries or associated companies, whether written, oral or in a
visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available, or for
any loss howsoever arising from any use of this announcement or its contents or
otherwise arising in connection therewith. This announcement has been prepared
by and is the sole responsibility of the Company.

Neither this announcement nor the information contained herein is for
publication, distribution or release, in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, in or into or from the United States (including its territories and
possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia),
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Hong Kong administrative region of the
people's republic of China, Japan, or South Africa, or any other jurisdiction
where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such
jurisdiction. The publication, distribution or release of this announcement may
be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession any
document or other information referred to herein should inform themselves about
and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions
may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement is not an offer for sale of securities in the United States.
The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and in accordance with
applicable U.S. state securities laws. The Company does not intend to register
any securities referred to herein in the United States or to conduct a public
offering of securities in the United States.

This announcement is an advertisement and is not a prospectus for the purposes
of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14
June 2017 (the "EU Prospectus Regulation") (together with any applicable
implementing measures in any Member State).

Any offering of the securities referred to herein will be made by means of the
Prospectus which has been prepared and is subject to the approval by the
Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority. Investors in the Subsequent Offering
should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this announcement except
on the basis of information contained in the Prospectus. Copies of the
Prospectus are available in the Company's registered office and, subject to
certain exceptions, on the Managers' respective websites.

In any EEA Member State other than Norway, this communication is only addressed
to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the
meaning of the EU Prospectus Regulation, i.e. only to investors who can receive
the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State.

This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons
in the United Kingdom that are "qualified investors" within the meaning of the
EU Prospectus Regulation as it forms part of English law by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and that are (i) investment professionals
falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order") or (ii) high net
worth entities, and other persons to whom this announcement may lawfully be
communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such
persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This communication
must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any
investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is
available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant
persons. Persons distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it
is lawful to do so.

This announcement is made by, and is the responsibility of, the Company. The
Managers and their respective affiliates are acting exclusively for the Company
and no-one else in connection with the transactions described in this
announcement. They will not regard any other person as their respective clients
in relation to the transactions described in this announcement and will not be
responsible to anyone other than the Company, for providing the protections
afforded to their respective clients, nor for providing advice in relation to
the transactions described herein, the contents of this announcement or any
transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

In connection with the transactions described in this announcement, the Managers
and any of their respective affiliates, acting as investors for their own
accounts, may subscribe for or purchase securities and in that capacity may
retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell or otherwise deal for their own accounts
in such securities of the Company or related investments in connection with the
transactions described herein or otherwise. Accordingly, references in the
Prospectus to the securities being issued, offered, subscribed, acquired, placed
or otherwise dealt in should be read as including any issue or offer to, or
subscription, acquisition, placing or dealing by, the Managers and any of their
respective affiliates acting as investors for their own accounts. The Managers
do not intend to disclose the extent of any such investments or transactions
otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.

Certain figures contained in this announcement, including financial information,
have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, in certain instances,
the sum or percentage change of the numbers contained in this announcement may
not conform exactly with the figure given.

Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts and may be identified by words such as "believe", "aim", "expect",
"anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "will", "may", "continue", "should" and
similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this release are based
upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further
assumptions. Although the Company believes that these assumptions were
reasonable when made, these assumptions are inherently subject to significant
known and unknown risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and other important
factors which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its control.
Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and other important factors include
the possibility that the Company will determine not to, or be unable to, issue
any securities, and could cause actual events to differ materially from the
expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made
and cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. The Company, each of
the Managers and their respective affiliates expressly disclaim any obligation
or undertaking to update, review or revise any forward-looking statement
contained in this announcement whether as a result of new information, future
developments or otherwise. The information, opinions and forward-looking
statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date and are
subject to change without notice.