Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published by Nordic Aqua Partners AS (the "Company") regarding the successful completion of a private placement of new shares in the Company (the "Private Placement"). To arrange for settlement of the Private Placement, the Company has entered into a share lending agreement (the "Share Lending Agreement") with Kontrari AS ("Kontrari") and DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA.

Pursuant to the Share Lending Agreement and for the purposes stated above, Kontrari has lent out 2,981,666 shares to DNB Markets. DNB Markets will settle the share loan with new shares in the Company resolved issued by the Company's extraordinary general meeting held on 18 October 2024.  

Kontrari is a close associate to member of the Company's board of directors, Vegard Gjerde, and the share lending is therefore a notifiable transaction pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014 on market abuse. Please see the attached forms for information regarding the share lending for more information.

Please see the attached forms for more information.

This information is subject to disclosure requirements pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation EU 596/2014 (the EU Market Abuse Regulation) and Sections 4-2 and 5 -12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.