Orkla ASA - Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2026

Orkla ASA: The Board of Directors' proposal to Orkla's General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Orkla ASA will be held on Thursday 23 April 2026

at 10:00 a.m. CET. Participation will be digital.

At a meeting on 18 March 2026, the Board of Directors decided to submit the

following resolutions to Orkla's General Meeting:

1) The Board of Directors proposes a dividend for 2025 of NOK 6.00 per share,

of which NOK 2.00 per share is in addition to the ordinary dividend. See

separate announcement regarding key information relating to the cash dividend.

2) The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting of Orkla ASA

resolves to reduce the share capital by NOK 20,001,282.50 from NOK

1,251,788,712.50 to NOK 1,231,787,430 by redeeming (amortising) 16,001,026

shares owned by Orkla ASA. The number of shares in the company will be reduced

from 1,001,430,970 to 985,429,944. The amount by which the share capital is

reduced will be used to cancel the company's own shares.

Orkla's Annual Report 2025 will be released on 27 March 2026.

Orkla ASA

Oslo, 18 March 2026

Ref.:

SVP Investor Relations and Communication

Annie Bersagel

Mobile.: +47 98 60 36 64

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section

5 -12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act

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