NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TOU.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN OR INTOTHE UNITED STATES ,AUSTRALIA ,CANADA ORJAPAN , OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. Elektroimportøren - Stabilisation and over-allotment notice Reference is made to the announcement on14 December 2020 , whereby Elektroimportøren AS ("Elektroimportøren" or the "Company", trading symbol "ELIMP") announced the successful completion of an offering of existing shares by shareholders in the Company (the "Offering") in connection with admission of the Company's shares on Euronext Growth Oslo (the "Listing").ABG Sundal Collier ASA (the "Stabilisation Manager") may engage in stabilisation activities from today,16 December 2020 , to, and including,14 January 2021 (the "Stabilisation Period"). Any stabilisation transactions will be aimed to support the market price of the shares in the Company. In connection with the Offering, the Managers (as defined below) have over-allotted a total of 1,250,000 shares in the Company to the applicants. In order to permit delivery in respect of such over-allotments made,Herkules Private Equity IV (Jersey-I) L. P. andHerkules Private Equity IV (Jersey-II) L. P. (collectively, "Herkules ") have lent to the Stabilisation Manager a number of existing shares in the Company equal to the number of over-allotted shares. Further,Herkules has granted to the Stabilisation Manager an over-allotment option to purchase from them, up to 1,250,000 shares in the Company at a price per share ofNOK 48.25 , which is equal to the offer price per offer share in the Offering (the "Offer Price ") (the "Greenshoe Option"). This over-allotment option is exercisable, in whole or in part, by the Stabilisation Manager within the Stabilisation Period. The Stabilisation Manager may close out the short position created by over-allotting shares in the Offering by buying shares in the open market through stabilisation activities and/or by exercising the over-allotment option. The Stabilisation Manager may effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the shares in the Company at a level higher than what might otherwise prevail, through buying shares in the Company in the open market at prices equal to or lower than (but not above) the Offer Price. There is no obligation on the Stabilisation Manager to conduct stabilisation activities and there can be no assurance that stabilisation activities will be undertaken. If stabilisation activities are undertaken, they may be discontinued at any time, and must be brought to an end upon or before expiry of the Stabilisation Period. Within one week following the expiry of the Stabilisation Period, the Stabilisation Manager will publish an announcement under the Company's ticker on the electronic bulletin board of Euronext Growth Oslo, www.newsweb.oslobors.no, with information as to whether or not it has undertaken any stabilisation activities, including the total number of shares sold and purchased, the date at which the stabilisation activities commenced, the date at which stabilisation activities last occurred and the price range within which stabilisation was carried out for each of the dates where stabilisation transactions were made. Any stabilisation activities will be conducted based on the principles set out in Section 3-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act and theEC Commission Regulation 2273/2003. Advisors:ABG Sundal Collier ASA is acting as Global Coordinator in respect to the Offering and the Listing (the "Global Coordinator").DNB Markets , a part ofDNB Bank ASA is acting as Joint Bookrunner in connection with the Offering (together with the Global Coordinator, the "Managers").Advokatfirmaet Wiersholm AS is acting as legal counsel in connection with the Offering and the Listing. For further information, please contact:Petter Bjørnstad CFO and IR responsible petter.bjornstad@elektroimportoren.no Tlf: +47 95 90 77 88 Important Notice These materials do not constitute or form a part of any offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities of the Elektroimportøren AS inthe United States or any other jurisdiction. The securities of the Company may not be offered or sold inthe United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under theU.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"). The securities of the Company have not been, and will not be, registered under theU.S. Securities Act. Any sale inthe United States of the securities mentioned in this communication will be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under theU.S. Securities Act. No public offering of the securities will be made inthe United States . In any EEA Member State, this communication is only addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the EU Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State. The expression "EU Prospectus Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of14 June 2017 (together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State). In theUnited Kingdom , this communication is only addressed to and is only directed atQualified Investors who (i) are investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order") or (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). These materials are directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this announcement relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. Persons distributing this communication must satisfy themselves that it is lawful to do so. This statement contains certain forward-looking statements (as such defined in Section 21E of theU.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) concerning future events, including possible issuance of equity securities of the Company. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "intends", "may", "should", "will" 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 the Company 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, , include, but are not limited to, the possibility that we will determine not to, or be unable to, issue any equity securities, and 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 announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without notice. This announcement is made by and, and is the responsibility of, the Company. The Managers are acting exclusively for the Company and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, or for advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any of the matters referred to herein. Neither the Managers nor any of their respective affiliates makes any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this announcement and none of them accepts any responsibility for the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. This announcement is for information purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice and under no circumstances is it to be used or considered as an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a recommendation to buy or sell any securities of the Company. Neither the Managers nor any of their respective affiliates accepts any liability arising from the use of this announcement. Each of the Company, the Managers and their respective affiliates expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update, review or revise any statement contained in this announcement whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. The Offering may be influenced by a range of circumstances, such as market conditions, and there is no guarantee that the Offering will proceed and that the Listing will occur. Certain figures contained in this document, including financial information, may have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, in certain instances, the sum or percentage change of the numbers contained in this document may not conform exactly with the total figure given. The distribution of this announcement and other information may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. Specifically, neither this announcement nor the information contained herein is for publication, distribution or release, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, in or into or fromthe United States (including its territories and possessions, anyState of the United States and theDistrict of Columbia ),Australia ,Canada , Hong Kong Japan or any other jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. The publication, distribution or release of this announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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