Atea — M&A Activity 2010

Dec 14, 2010

Atea completes acquisition of Benzler Group AB

Following the approval from the Swedish Competition

Authority, Atea has completed the acquisition of

Benzler Group AB on December 13, 2010.

For further information, please contact:

Rune Falstad, CFO Atea ASA, mobile +47 906 14 482

About Atea

Atea is the leading Nordic and Baltic supplier of IT

infrastructure with approximately 4800 employees.

Atea is present in 73 cities in Norway, Sweden,

Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Atea

delivers IT products from leading vendors and assist

its customers with specialist competencies within IT

infrastructure services. Atea has an annual revenue

of approximately NOK 15 billion and is listed on Oslo

Stock Exchange. [http://www.atea.com]