SalMar ASA

Share Issue/Capital Change • Jul 1, 2021

SalMar acquires 51 percent ownership in Nekton Havbruk AS

SalMar acquires 51 percent ownership in Nekton Havbruk AS

SalMar has today, 01.07.2021, participated in a private placement decided by the

general meeting of Nekton Havbruk AS against SalMar Farming AS. Following the

transaction, SalMar Farming AS will own 51 percent of the shares in Nekton

Havbruk AS. The remaining shares in the company will be owned by Nistuå3 AS og

Nekton AS. Nekton Havbruk AS currently has two licenses for production of

Atlantic salmon. A time limited viewing license and a green C license. The

purchase price for the shares aquired through the private placement is NOK 80

million.

The transaction gives SalMar further sustainable growth in the immediate

vicinity of existing fish farming areas around Smøla in central Norway. The

private placement will be a good industrial solution that ensures significant

synergies and further development of existing activity and operational

competence.

For more information, please contact:

Roger Bekken, COO Farming

+47 904 10 135

Håkon Husby, Head of IR

+47 936 30 449