Axactor AB - Increase in share capital related to the Tranche 2 of the Private Placement

Oslo, 27 September 2017 - Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement from Axactor AB ("Axactor" or the "Company") published 14 August 2017 regarding the successfully completed private placement of 240,000,000 new shares (the "Private Placement Shares") at a price of NOK 2.49 per share (the "Private Placement"), and the stock exchange announcement regarding the approval of the prospectus of the Company by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA, acted as manager for the Private Placement (the "Manager").

The Private Placement is divided into i) a Tranche 1 consisting of 75.6 million Private Placement Shares, and ii) a Tranche 2 consisting of 164.4 million Private Placement Shares.

The Company has received confirmation that the share capital increase of EUR 8,605,077.21 divided into 164,400,000 Private Placement Shares related to Tranche 2 of the Private Placement has been registered by the Swedish Companies Registry. The 164,400,000 Private Placement Shares are consequently tradable. The new registered share capital of Axactor is EUR 79,376,538.55 divided into 1,516,488,769 shares.

The payment and registration of the Private Placement Shares has been done based on pre-funding from the Manager. As previously announced, the Company and the Manager have entered into an agreement related to pre-funding of the payment for the Private Placement Shares (the "Pre Funding Agreement"). The Pre Funding Agreement regulates inter alia certain rights and obligations of the Company and the Manager related to the pre-funding.

The Private Placement Shares in Tranche 2 will be settled through a delivery versus payment transaction expected on or about 29 September 2017.

For additional information, please contact:

Endre Rangnes, CEO Axactor

Mobile phone: +47 4822 1111

Email: endre.rangnes@axactor.com

or

Geir Johansen, CFO & Investor Relations, Axactor

Mobile phone: +47 4771 0451

Email: geir.johansen@axactor.com

www.axactor.com

About Axactor

Axactor Group specializes in both Debt Collection and Debt Purchasing across several countries, with operations in Italy, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Spain. The company has a Nordic base and an ambitious Pan-European growth strategy, which targets the market for non-performing loans (NPL) in Europe. This market is estimated to be about 1,500 billion euros across Europe providing significant opportunities for Axactor's future expansion. Axactor has approximately 888 employees.