Aker Solutions ASA: Successful placement of new bond

Reference is made to the notification sent on 27 September 2012 regarding a potential new bond issue by Aker Solutions ASA.

Aker Solutions ASA has successfully completed the issuance of NOK 1.000 million in the Norwegian bond market, with maturity in October 2019. The offering was oversubscribed.
 
As previously announced, the purpose of the bond issue is general corporate purposes.

An application will be made for the bonds to be listed at Oslo Børs.

DNB Markets, Handelsbanken Capital Markets, Nordea Markets, SEB og Swedbank First Securities (Swedbank Norge) have acted as Joint Managers for the issuance.
 
For further information, please contact:

Aker Solutions ASA
John Ole Hægeland, Corporate Treasurer
Tel: +47 67 83 27 34

DNB Markets
Jan Krogh-Vennemo
Tel: +47 22 01 77 89
 
Handelsbanken Capital Markets
Robert Øvrebø
Tel: +47 22 82 30 12

Nordea Markets
Stein-Morten Sæther
Tel: +47 22 48 78 76

SEB
Erik Alsaker
Tel: +47 22 82 72 02

Swedbank First Securities
Lars Nyhus
Tel: +47 23 11 62 77

ENDS

For further information, please contact:

Media:
Ivar Simensen, Acting Chief Communication Officer, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 59 41 90, Mob: +47 46 40 23 17, E-mail: ivar.simensen@akersolutions.com

Investor relations:
John Ole Hægeland, Corporate Treasurer, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 83 27 34, Mob: +47 906 06 169, E-mail: john-ole.haegeland@akersolutions.com

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Aker Solutions provides oilfield products, systems and services for customers in the oil and gas industry world-wide. The company's knowledge and technologies span from reservoir to production and through the life of a field.

Aker Solutions brings together engineering and technologies for oil and gas drilling, field development and production. The company employs approximately 25 000 people in more than 30 countries. They apply the knowledge and create and use technologies that deliver their customers' solutions.

Aker Solutions ASA is the parent company in the group, which consists of a number of separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand and trademark for most of these entities. In 2011 Aker Solutions had aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 36.5 billion. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is subject to our disclaimer, see www.akersolutions.com.

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