Annual General Meeting May 6th 2010 – Election of members to the Board of Directors

With reference to the notice of the AGM published April 15th 2010 the nomination committe is pleased to announce its recommendation regarding the election of members to the Board of Directors in Simrad Optronics ASA: Terje Eidsmo (1960) – recommended for the position as Chairman of the Board T. Eidsmo has since 2006 had different positions within the Board of Simrad Optronics ASA. (Board member, deputy Chairman). Mr. Eidsmo has a BSc in Business Economics – Norwegian school of Management. He has a wide working experience from different positions within the Norwegian business life. E.g. Office Manager at Kreditkassen 1992-1995, General Manager of Sandnes Sparebank 1995-2005, Managing Director of Runestad Holding AS, Managing Director of Bryggeriparken AS. Geir Vinghøg (1940) – recommended for the position as Board Member G. Vinghøg is educated as an engineer. Until 2005 G. Vinghøg was Managing Director and the owner of all the shares in Vinghøg AS. Mr. Vinghøg is today the largest private shareholder in Simrad Optronics ASA. The nomination committee recommends that both Terje Eidsmo and Geir Vinghøg are elected for a period of 1 year. The remaining 2 shareholder elected members of the Board; Ms Lisa Cooper and Ms Ingvild Myhre do not stand for election this year. For further information, please contact: Jon Asbjørn Bø, President & CEO, telephone: +47 930 86 932, e-mail: jab@simrad-optronics.no or Tor Ivar Kolpus, CFO, telephone: +47 901 44 507, e-mail: tik@simrad-optronics.no Homepage: www.simrad-optronics.no Simrad Optronics ASA (Oslo Stock Exchange ticker: SIT) is a global leading niche supplier to the world wide defence market with its main activities related to the following product areas: Remotely controlled weapon systems, electro optics, weapon improvement and vehicle systems. The company has subsidiaries in Norway (Vinghøg AS et al), the United States (Vingtech Corp) and in Australia (Vingtech Australia Pty Ltd).