Hiddn Solutions ASA Rights Issue - Preliminary result

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Reference is made to previous stock exchange announcements concerning the rights issue of up to 20,761,245 new shares (the "Offer Shares") in Hiddn Solutions ASA (the "Company") (the "Rights Issue") and up to 5,190,311, additional Offer Shares in case the Rights Issue is fully subscribed pursuant to subscription rights, at a subscription price of NOK 2.89 per Offer Share.

The subscription period for the Rights Issue expired 10 February 2017 at 16:30 (CET). A preliminary counting of the subscriptions indicates that approximately 30.5 million Offer Shares have been subscribed for and, consequently, that the Rights Issue was oversubscribed. Accordingly, the board may use the authorization granted by the Company's extraordinary general meeting on 13 January 2017 to issue additional Offer Shares to the Company's employees, management and board as well as the underwriters in the Rights Issue that have subscribed for shares in the Rights Issue. Allocation of Offer Shares is expected to be resolved later today by the board in the Company in accordance with the allocation criteria set out in the prospectus dated 26 January 2017. Letters of allocation will be distributed to investors giving notification of allocated Offer Shares and the corresponding amount to be paid by each subscriber.

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

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