Increase of share capital in Atea ASA ("the Company")

11/5/2012 7:36 AM EST

Reference is made to the statement regarding share 
options exercise in Atea dated 26 October 2012.

Out of a total of 1,614,660 exercisable options, 
employees in the Atea Group have exercised 716,997 
options. Following the share option exercise the 
Board of Directors, pursuant to authorisation granted 
by the Company's Annual General Meeting, has decided 
to increase the Company's share capital by NOK 
7,169,970 by issuing 716,997 new shares, of par value 
NOK 10. Following the increase the Company's share 
capital is NOK 1,012,510,200 divided into 101,251,020 
shares.

Following the registration by the Norwegian Register 
of Business Enterprises (Foretaksregisteret) of 5 
November 2012, the Articles of association for the 
Company have been revised accordingly.

This information is subject of the disclosure 
requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian Trading 
Act).


For further information, please contact: 
Rune Falstad, CFO Atea ASA, mobile +47 906 14 482



About Atea
Atea is the leading Nordic and Baltic supplier of IT 
infrastructure with approximately 6,300 employees. 
Atea is present in 82 cities in Norway, Sweden, 
Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Atea 
delivers IT products from leading vendors and assists 
its customers with specialist competencies within IT 
infrastructure services. Atea had revenue of more 
than NOK 20 billion in 2011 and is listed on Oslo 
Stock Exchange. [http://www.atea.com