DNB ASA increases the size of its share buy-back programme by 0.5 per cent up to 2.0 per cent

DNB ASA has today decided to increase the buy-back programme by 0.5 per cent, thereby comprising up to a total of 2.0 per cent of the company's shares, representing a total of 31 606 027 shares, of which 20 859 978 shares will be repurchased in the open market. As of today, DNB ASA has purchased approximately 10.7 million shares that are comprised by this buy-back programme.

On 24 October 2019, DNB ASA initiated a buy-back programme comprising up to 0.5 per cent of the shares in the company, representing a total of 7 901 506 shares. DNB ASA expanded the buy-back program on 20 November 2019 and 12 December 2019, thereby comprising up to a total of 1.5 per cent of the company's shares, representing a total of 23 704 521 shares.

Other than with respect to the increase of the total number of shares that can be purchased, the buy-back programme will be carried out as communicated in the Oslo Stock Exchange notification made on 24 October 2019 (available at www.newsweb.no).

The share buy-back programme is based on an authorization given by DNB ASA's annual general meeting on 30 April 2019 and an approval given by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway on 27 June 2019. The authorization from the general meeting will be valid for a period of 12 months from the date of the general meeting.

In accordance with the authorization from the general meeting, the shares shall be purchased at a price between NOK 10 and NOK 250 per share. The buy-back programme will, at the latest, be completed by the end of March 2020.

In accordance with an agreement between DNB ASA and the state of Norway through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, a proportionate amount of shares will be redeemed from the state of Norway, so that its current ownership interest in DNB ASA of 34 % remains unaffected following completion of the buy-back programme.

DNB ASA will seek approval from the annual general meeting in 2020 for cancellation of the repurchased shares and redemption of shares owned by the state of Norway. The redemption of shares shall be made against a payment which shall correspond to an average volume weighted price of DNB ASA's repurchase of shares in the open market as a part of the buy-back programme, including an interest compensation and an agreed adjustment for any dividend paid on the redemption shares in the buy-back period.

For further information, DNB ASA refers to the minutes from DNB ASA's annual general meeting of 30 April 2019, available at www.dnb.no.

For further information, please contact:
Rune Helland, head of Investor Relations, tel. (+47) 23 26 84 00 / (+47) 977 13 250