Eqva ASA — Share Issue/Capital Change 2014

Apr 7, 2014

Downsale and private placement - further update

Downsale and private placement - further update

Reference is made to the announcement dated 31 March

2014 regarding the application for listing, downsale

and private placement of shares in Havyard Group ASA,

and the announcement on 4 April 2014 regarding an

update on the process.

For reasons of ongoing meetings and discussions with

investors, Havyard Group ASA has decided to extend the

subscription period until further notice, and will

send a new announcement when termination of the

subscription period has been determined.

The company's contact persons:

Geir Johan Bakke, +47 48 18 00 11

geir.johan.bakke@havyard.com

Karl Eirik Frøysa Hansen, +47 40 24 71 13

karl.hansen@havyard.com

About Havyard Group ASA:

Havyard Group ASA is a fully integrated ship

technology company with activities within ship design,

ship building, system deliveries and after market. The

group employs about 770 workers of whom about 650 in

Norway. The company's main business office is located

in Fosnavåg in north-western Norway. The group has

offices in China and Brasil. The group operates within

four business segments:

* Havyard Ship Technology in Leirvik in Sogn (yard)

and in Fosnavåg with a branch in Turkey

* Havyard Design & Solutions based in Fosnavåg with

branches in Stavanger, Poland and Croatia

* Havyard Power & Systems in Ålesund with a branch in

Poland

* Havyard Fish Handling & Refrigeration AS based in

Fosnavåg with branches in Vigra, Tromsø, Haugesund and

Peru.

DISCLAIMERS

The information contained herein shall not constitute

an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to

buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities

referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such

offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to

registration, exemption from registration or

qualification under the securities laws of any such

jurisdiction.

Copies of this press release are not being made and

may not be distributed or sent into the United States,

Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction in

which such distribution would be unlawful or would

require registration or other measures.

The securities referenced herein have not and will not

be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933,

as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be

offered or sold in the United States absent

registration or an exemption from the registration

requirements of the Securities Act. The Company does

not intend to register any part of the offering in the

United States or to conduct a public offering of

securities in the United States.

This document is a press release and not a prospectus

for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (together

with any applicable implementing measures in any

Member State, the "Prospectus Directive").

In any EEA Member State that has implemented the

Prospectus Directive, this communication is only

addressed to and is only directed at qualified

investors in that Member State within the meaning of

the Prospectus Directive, i.e., only to investors who

can receive the offer without an approved prospectus

in such EEA Member State.

This communication is directed only at (i) persons who

are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) persons who

have professional experience in matters relating to

investments falling within Article 19(5) of the

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial

Promotion) 2005 (the "Order") and (iii) high net worth

entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be

communicated, falling within Article 49(2) of the

Order (all such persons together being referred to as

"relevant persons").

Any investment activity to which this communication

relates will only be available to and will only be

engaged with, relevant persons. Any person who is not

a relevant person should not act or rely on this press

release or any of its contents.

This press release may contain forward-looking

statements. Forward-looking statements are statements

that are not historical facts and may be identified by

words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate,"

"intends," "estimate," "will," "may," "continue,"

"should" and similar expressions. The forward-looking

statements in this release are based upon various

assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon

further assumptions. Although Havyard Group ASA

believes that these assumptions were reasonable when

made, these assumptions are inherently subject to

significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties,

contingencies and other important factors which are

difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond its

control. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and

other important factors could cause actual events to

differ materially from the expectations expressed or

implied in this release by such forward-looking

statements.

The information, opinions and forward-looking

statements contained in this release speak only as at

its date, and are subject to change without notice.

Havyard Group ASA disclaims any obligation to update

and revise any forward-looking statements, whether as

a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

This information is subject to disclosure requirements

pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities

Trading Act.