NRC GROUP ASA - APPOINTED TO A CONTRACT IN NORWAY

Jernbaneverket has appointed NRC Rail Norge AS, a company wholly owned by NRC Group ASA, to a contract relating to the ongoing railway renewal on Bergensbanen.

The contract includes preparatory ballast cleaning on the connection between Hønefoss and Gulsvik, and involves rail services such as groundwork, track, electro and signal. The contract is valued at approximately NOK 40 million. The work will commence in April 2016, and the project is scheduled for completion in April 2018. Closing date for submission of complaints is 10 days from 18 March, and formal contractual signing can take place after this period at the earliest.

Oslo, 21. March 2016

For further information, please contact: Øivind Horpestad, CEO of NRC Group, +47 910 00 626 This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act