Management and the Board of Directors applies for shares in Kid ASA

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Management and the Board of Directors applies for shares in Kid ASA

On the first day of the application period for the employee offering of Kid, the following insiders, including members of management and the Board of Directors of Kid, has applied for shares as part of the ongoing initial public offering and listing of Kid:.
- Kjersti Hobøl (CEO) has applied for shares for a total amount of NOK 1,999,999
- Petter Schouw-Hansen (CFO) has applied for shares for a total amount of NOK 1,000,000
- Eva-Lena Wechselberger (Head of store operations) has applied for shares for a total amount of NOK 200,000
- Henrik Schüssler (Chairman of the Board) has applied for shares for a total amount of NOK 1,000,000
- Pål F. Clausen (Board member) has applied for shares for a total amount of NOK 250,000
- Karin Bing Orgland (Board member) has applied for shares for a total amount of NOK 500,000
- Vilde Falck-Ytter (Board member) has applied for shares for a total amount of NOK 200,000
- Rune Marsdal (CFO in Gjelsten Holding, the Selling Shareholder, and former board member in Kid) has applied for shares for a total amount of NOK 300,000

All board members and management applicants in the employee offering will receive full allocation for their applications. All board members and members of management will have a 12 month lock-up for their allocated shares.The applications have been made according to the terms and conditions for the offering described in the prospectus dated 16 October 2015 prepared in connection with the offering.

The Prospectus is, subject to regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions, available at www.abgsc.com and www.arcticsec.no. Hard copies of the Prospectus may be obtained free of charge at the offices of ABG Sundal Collier, Munkedamsveien 45E, 0250 Oslo or Arctic Securities, Haakon VIIs gate 5, 0161 Oslo.

For further enquiries, please contact:
Petter Schouw-Hansen, CFO
+47 482 24 534

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