AKERBP: Changes in Board composition

Aage Ertsgaard, deputy to the employee representatives, and Emil Brustad-Nilsen, deputy to the shareholders representatives on the Board of Directors have resigned from the Board of Aker BP ASA. Ertsgaard is no longer an employee of the company and Brustad-Nilsen has resigned due to the Norwegian Public Limited Liability Companies Act’s requirements regarding gender representation on the board of directors. 

Contacts:
Investor contact: Jonas Gamre, VP Investor Relations, tel.: +47 971 18 292
Media contact: Ole-Johan Faret, Press Spokesman, tel.: +47 402 24 217

About Aker BP:
Aker BP is a fully-fledged E&P company with exploration, development and production activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Aker BP is the operator of Alvheim, Ivar Aasen, Skarv, Valhall, Hod, Ula and Tambar. The company is also a partner in the Johan Sverdrup field. Aker BP is headquartered at Fornebu, Norway, and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker ‘AKERBP’. More about Aker BP at www.akerbp.com.

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