On 13 January, in connection with Orkla's former management option programme, 25,000 options in Orkla-shares were exercised at a strike price of NOK 42.53 per share.

After this transaction, the total number of options issued in Orkla shares under the management option programme is 2,697,000. Orkla owns 1,856,738 treasury shares.

Orkla ASA
Oslo, 14 January 2016

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Investor Relations
Elise Heidenreich
Tel.: +47 951 41 147

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