The net asset value ("NAV") of Aker ASA and holding companies ("Aker") increased by 10.8 per cent in the third quarter to NOK 63.3 billion (NOK 852 per share), compared to NOK 57.1 billion as per 30 June 2018.

Aker ASA will publish its third-quarter results for 2018 on the Oslo Stock Exchange on Thursday 8 November 2018.

Financial calendar for Aker ASAFINANCIAL YEAR 2018 08.11.2018 - Quarterly Report - Q314.02.2019 - Quarterly Report - Q4FINANCIAL YEAR 2019 10.05.2019 - Quarterly Report - Q1 18.07.2019 - Half-yearly Report01.11.2019 - Quarterly Report - Q326.04.2019 - Annual General MeetingNew date for Q3 2018This information is published pursuant to the requirements set out in the Continuing obligations.

Financial calendar for Aker ASAFINANCIAL YEAR 2018 09.11.2018 - Quarterly Report - Q3 14.02.2019 - Quarterly Report - Q4FINANCIAL YEAR 2019 10.05.2019 - Quarterly Report - Q1 18.07.2019 - Half-yearly Report 01.11.2019 - Quarterly Report - Q3 26.04.2019 - Annual General MeetingThis information is published pursuant to the requirements set out in the Continuing obligations.

The net asset value ("NAV") of Aker ASA and holding companies ("Aker") increased by 34.6 per cent in the second quarter to NOK 57.1 billion (NOK 769 per share), compared to NOK 42.4 billion as per 31 March 2018. Adjusted for dividend the NAV increased 37.8 per cent.

Aker ASA will publish its second-quarter and first-half results for 2018 on the Oslo Stock Exchange on Wednesday 18 July 2018, at 07:00 CEST. The results will be presented by audio webcast at 09:00 a.m. CEST the same morning.

Aker ASA ("Aker") has carried out its employee share purchase programme for the year.

Reference is made to the stock exchange release of Aker ASA (the "Company") dated 30 May 2018 concerning an offer to buy back shares in connection with the Company's employee share purchase programme, the Company's employee bonus scheme, as well as for other corporate purposes (the "Offer"). The Offer expired on 31 May 2018 at 08:00 (CET).

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS COMMUNICATION In connection with the employee share purchase programme of Aker ASA (the "Company"), the Company's employee bonus scheme, as well as for other corporate purposes, the Company hereby launches an offer to all shareholders in the Company to buy back up to 50,000 shares in Aker ASA. The offer will be carried out through a bookbuilding process with an offer price of up to NOK 597 per share. The maximum price per share is the closing price of the Company's shares on 30 May 2018 and a premium of 2.5 per cent. Per 30 May 2018 the Company owns 15,733 own shares.

Reference is made to the notification sent today regarding a potential tap issue by Aker ASA.

Aker ASA is contemplating a tap issue of up to NOK 500 million in the outstanding NOK 1,500 million senior unsecured bond issue with ISIN NO0010814502 and maturity in January 2023 (AKER14).

The net asset value ("NAV") of Aker ASA and holding companies ("Aker") increased by 1.6 per cent in the first quarter to NOK 42.4 billion (NOK 571 per share), compared to NOK 41.8 billion as per 31 December 2017.

Reference is made to the resolution by the General Meeting in Aker ASA on 20 April 2018 to distribute a dividend of NOK 18.00 per share. Aker ASA shares will trade exclusive of dividend of NOK 18 per share as of today, 23 April 2018.

The Annual General Meeting of Aker ASA (the "Company") was held on Friday 20 April 2018 at Fornebuporten, Oksenøyveien 10, Norway.

Aker ASA will publish its first-quarter results for 2018 on the Oslo Stock Exchange on Wednesday 9 May 2018.

Aker ASA's wholly owned subsidiary Aker Capital AS ("Aker") has entered into an agreement with Geveran Trading Co. Ltd (a company indirectly controlled by trusts established by John Fredriksen for the benefit of his immediate family) ("Geveran") and Joh Johannson Eiendom AS to establish a residential real estate development company, FP Bolig Holding AS ("FP Bolig").

Aker ASA today publishes its annual report, the corporate social responsibility report and the corporate governance report for 2017. The reports are attached and are also available on https://eng.akerasa.com/Investor/Financial-and-other-reports (https://eng.akerasa.com/Investor/Financial-and-other-reports)

The Annual General Meeting of Aker ASA will be held on Friday 20 April 2018 at 09:00 CET, at Oksenøyveien 10, Building B, Grand Hall, 1366 Lysaker, Norway.

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice dated 23 November 2017 where Aker ASA ("Aker") announced that Aker Capital AS ("Aker Capital"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aker, and Oceanwood Capital Management LP ("Oceanwood") had entered into an agreement to establish a company for the purpose of bidding for the shares in Norske Skog AS ("Norske Skog").

As fulfillment of existing rights under the bonus program for employees in Aker ASA ("Aker"), the following primary insiders have received bonus shares. The shares have a lock-in period of three years. Upon allocation, the value of the shares was set to NOK 357.80. This corresponds to the three-day average, volume-weighted price of Aker's share starting Monday 12 March 2018, to which a 20 per cent discount was applied. The bonus shares were distributed as follows:

Reference is made to the stock exchange release published by Ocean Yield ASA (the "Company") on 28 February 2018 regarding a private placement of up to 11,000,000 new shares in the Company (the "Private Placement").