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M&A Activity • Dec 14, 2017

StrongPoint ASA: StrongPoint strengthens its commitment to e-commerce

StrongPoint ASA: StrongPoint strengthens its commitment to e-commerce

StrongPoint acquires 100 per cent of the shares in the Swedish company CUB

Business Systems AB, and thereby strengthens its commitment to e-commerce.

The digitalization of retail accelerates - and effective multi-channel and

logistics solutions represent key elements for StrongPoints customers.

CUB Business Systems AB, with headquarter in Täby outside of Stockholm, is one

of the market leaders in the Nordics on comprehensive mobile and digital

solutions for «Omni Channel», «Retail Logistics» and «Pick & Collect».

The company has solid references from satisfied customers operating in and

outside the Nordics. Several of the most well-known retailers in Sweden are CUB

customers that use the mobile platform CubLink®. This platform supports Windows,

Android, and iOS.

CUB's e-commerce applications, along with a highly competent organization,

enable retailers to quickly adapt to a growing need for digital e-commerce

solutions.

CUB has installations in several countries in Europe and more than 15,000 client

installations. The company has 22 employees and expects a revenue of approx.

MSEK 48 in 2017 and with an expected profit of MSEK 4. The purchase price is

agreed at MSEK 30, of which one year's seller credit of 50 per cent of the

purchase price. In addition, its agreed performance based earn-out for the years

2018-2020.

Read more about CUB Business Systems at https://www.cub.se/en/home

"We at Cub look forward to being a part of the StrongPoint family and see great

future opportunities. Our products fit together and gives us even greater

opportunities to deliver a complete solution to our customers. We get the

resources to process an international market and increased potential in our

future product development," says CEO of CUB Business Systems AB, Göran Thörn.

"StrongPoint has had a very successful launch of Click & Collect. The

acquisition of CUB complements our solution and enables us to deliver future-

oriented systems for our customers at home and abroad, while strengthening our

e-commerce and "Omni Channel" efforts. These business areas are growing fast and

will help StrongPoint to further expand into the digital world," says

StrongPoints CEO Jørgen Waaler.

Link to webcast at DNB available from CET 14:05 video

For more information, please contact:

Jørgen Waaler

CEO StrongPoint ASA

Phone: +47 90 59 00 10

About StrongPoint:

StrongPoint's mission: Driving Retailers' productivity by providing innovative

integrated Technology Solutions enabling retailers to perform to their full

potential.

StrongPoint has its headquarter at Rælingen, and has approximately 560 employees

in Norway, Sweden, The Baltics, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Russia and

Malaysia. StrongPoint has the ticker "STRONG" on Oslo Stock Exchange.

For further information: www.strongpoint.com

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5 -12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.