Aker Offshore Wind : launches Private Placement and increases shareholding in Principle Power Inc.

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Aker Offshore Wind AS ("Aker Offshore Wind " or the "Company") has retained
Carnegie AS and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) (jointly the "Managers")
as Joint Managers and Bookrunners  to advise on and effect a contemplated
private placement of new ordinary shares in the Company (the "Offer Shares"),
raising gross proceeds of approximately NOK 300 million (the "Private
Placement").

The Company has decided to exercise an option to increase its shareholding in
Principle Power Inc. ("PPI") and intends to use the net proceeds from the
Private Placement to finance such increased shareholding as well as for general
corporate purposes. The final number of PPI shares acquired by the Company will
depend on the number of shareholders exercising their first right of refusal
alongside the Company. The valuation of the acquisition is in line with the most
recent equity issue conducted by PPI.

"We made the first investment into PPI in 2017 and have been pleased to see the
progress in ground-breaking projects such as WindFloat Atlantic and Kincardine,"
says Astrid Skarheim Onsum, Chief Executive Officer of Aker Offshore Wind. "With
an operational track record dating back to 2011, PPI is a leading technology
player in the offshore floating wind industry. We look forward to taking an even
more active ownership role in PPI and continue the work to drive down cost in
our industry together with the company and other shareholders."

Aker ASA will directly or indirectly through Aker Horizons AS guarantee full
subscription of the Private Placement, subject to a minimum allocation of Offer
Shares equivalent to maintaining its pro rata consolidated ownership in the
Company of approximately 51%, which comprise shares held through Aker Kværner
Holding AS, Aker Horizons AS and Aker ASA.

The subscription price per Offer Share in the Private Placement will be set
through an accelerated book-building process conducted by the Managers. 

The application period in the Private Placement will commence today, 16 November
2020 at 16:30 CET and close on 17 November 2020 at 08:00 CET. The Company may,
however, at any time resolve to close or extend the application period without
notice. If the application period is shortened or extended, any other dates
referred to herein may be amended accordingly.

The Private Placement will be directed towards Norwegian and international
investors (a) outside the United States, subject to applicable exemptions from
any prospectus and registration requirements and in reliance on Regulation S.
under the U.S, Securities Act, and (b) to investors in the United States who are
QIBs as defined in, and in reliance on, Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act,
in each case subject to an exemption being available from offer prospectus
requirements and any other filing or registration requirements in the applicable
jurisdictions and subject to other selling restrictions. The minimum application
and allocation amount has been set to the NOK equivalent of EUR 100,000 per
investor. The Company may, however, at its sole discretion, allocate an amount
below EUR 100,000 to the extent applicable exemptions from the prospectus
requirement pursuant to the Norwegian Securities Trading Act and ancillary
regulations are available. Further selling restrictions and transaction terms
will apply.

Conditional allocation of Offer Shares will be determined at the end of the
application period by the Company in consultation with the Managers, at its sole
discretion. The Company may focus on allocation criteria such as (but not
limited to) existing ownership in the Company, timeliness of the application,
price leadership, relative order size, sector knowledge, investment history,
perceived investor quality and investment horizon].  The Offer Shares will be
allocated by the Board of Directors on a conditional basis subject to, inter
alia, the Company's shareholders resolving to issue the Offer Shares at the EGM
(as defined below). No guarantee can be given that such resolution will be
passed. Settlement instructions are expected to be distributed by the Managers
on or about 17 November 2020, with settlement on a delivery versus payment (DVP)
basis on or about 25 November 2020.

Completion of the Private Placement is subject to (i) all corporate resolutions
of the Company required to consummate the Private Placement being validly made,
including the approval by the general meeting of the Company through an
extraordinary general meeting to be held on or about 24 November 2020 (the
"EGM")) to proceed with the Private Placement and to issue the Offer Shares, and
(ii) payment being received for the Offer Shares. There can be no assurance that
these conditions will be satisfied. If the conditions are not satisfied, the
offering may be revoked or suspended without any compensation to applicants.

Delivery of the Offer Shares allocated in the Private Placement will, in order
to facilitate delivery-versus-payment, be made by delivery of existing and
unencumbered shares in the Company already admitted to trading on Merkur Market,
pursuant to a share lending agreement entered into between the Company, the
Managers and Aker Horizons AS. The Managers will settle the share loan with new
shares in the Company expected to be issued shortly after and subject to the
EGM's approval of the Private Placement.

The Private Placement entails a deviation of the existing shareholders
preferential rights. As the Private Placement is structured to ensure that a
market based subscription price is achieved and equal treatment obligations
under applicable rules for companies admitted to trading on Merkur Market are
observed, it is currently not planned to conduct a subsequent share issue 
directed towards shareholders not participating in the Private Placement.

The Company reserves the right, at any time and for any reason, to cancel,
and/or modify the terms of, the Private Placement. Neither the Company nor the
Manager will be liable for any losses incurred by applicants if the Private
Placement is cancelled, irrespective of the reason for such cancellation.

Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS is acting as legal advisor to the Company in connection
with the Private Placement, and Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS has assisted the
Managers in connection with the Private Placement.

For further information, please contact Ivar Simensen, [phone],
[e-mail]

ENDS

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and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any
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fairness or completeness. None of the Managers or any of their respective
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to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. 

The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be
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Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the
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securities referred to herein in the United States or to conduct a public
offering of securities in the United States. 

Any offering of the securities referred to in this announcement will be made by
means of a set of subscription materials provided to potential investors.
Investors should not subscribe for any securities referred to in this
announcement except on the basis of information contained in the aforementioned
subscription material. 
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 the European
Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 (together with any applicable
implementing measures in any Member State). 

This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons
in the United Kingdom that are Qualified Investors and that are (i) 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) high
net worth entities, and other persons to whom this announcement may lawfully be
communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such
persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This communication
must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any
investment or investment activity to which this communication 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 announcement is made by, and is the responsibility of, the Company. The
Managers and their affiliates are acting exclusively for the Company and no-one
else in connection with the Private Placement. They will not regard any other
person as their respective clients in relation to the Private Placement and will
not be responsible to anyone other than the Company, for providing the
protections afforded to their respective clients, nor for providing advice in
relation to the Private Placement, the contents of this announcement or any
transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein. 

In connection with the Private Placement, the Managers and any of their
affiliates, acting as investors for their own accounts, may subscribe for or
purchase shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell
or otherwise deal for their own accounts in such shares and other securities of
the Company or related investments in connection with the Private Placement or
otherwise. Accordingly, references in any subscription materials to the shares
being issued, offered, subscribed, acquired, placed or otherwise dealt in should
be read as including any issue or offer to, or subscription, acquisition,
placing or dealing by, such Managers and any of their affiliates acting as
investors for their own accounts. The Managers do not intend to disclose the
extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with
any legal or regulatory obligations to do so.
Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts and may be identified by words such as "believe", "aims", "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 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 could
cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or
implied in this release by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made and cannot be relied upon as
a guide to future performance. The Company, each of the Managers and their
respective affiliates expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to
update, review or revise any forward-looking statement contained in this
announcement whether as a result of new information, future developments or
otherwise. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in
this announcement speak only as at its date and are subject to change without
notice.

The Private Placement and the contemplated admission to trading on Merkur Market
may be influenced by a range of circumstances, such as market conditions, and
there is no guarantee that the Private Placement will proceed and that the
admission to trading on Merkur Market will occur. 

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