Award of stock options according to long term option program

Acta Holding ASA has on the 11th of May 2011 awarded stock options in accordance with an option program for all employees in the Acta Group within a framework of 5.5 million stock options for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. Reference is made to the notices to Oslo Stock Exchange on 28th of October 2009, 17th of February 2010, 19th of August 2010, 28th of October 2010 and 16th of February 2011.

A total of 625 thousand stock options were awarded to 31 employees on the 11th of May 2011. The total number of outstanding stock options after the allocation on 11th of May 2011 is 13.379 million.

200 thousand of the stock options awarded on the 11th of May 2011, are awarded to company insider Ole Jørgen Jacobsen, Managing Director in Acta Markets AS. He now holds a total of 200 thousand stock options in Acta Holding ASA. Ole Jørgen Jacobsen is not in possession of any shares in Acta Holding ASA.

The strike price for the options is 105% of the Acta share's closing price on the Oslo Stock Exchange on the date of the award, which means a strike price of NOK 3.66. The strike price shall however be reduced by the accumulated dividend paid in the period after the options have been awarded.

Stock options awarded to company insider Ole Jørgen Jacobsen (in total 200 thousand stock options) on the 11th of May 2011 can be exercised with 1/3 in a period of three (3) days after the interim results of the first quarter in 2012 have been presented by the company by notice to the Oslo Stock Exchange, with 1/3 in a period of three (3) days after the interim results of the first quarter in 2013 have been presented by the company by notice to the Oslo Stock Exchange, and with 1/3 in a period of three (3) days after the interim results of the first quarter in 2014 have been presented by the company by notice to the Oslo Stock Exchange. Stock options awarded to remaining employees on the 11th of May 2011 can be exercised with 100 % in a period of three (3) days after the interim results of the first quarter in 2013 have been presented by the company by notice to the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Contact information:
CFO Christian Tunge, mobile phone +47 450 65 850

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