NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTOTHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,AUSTRALIA ,CANADA ,SOUTH AFRICA ,HONG KONG ORJAPAN , OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN. Reference is made to the stock exchange announcement made byStatt Torsk ASA (the "Company" or "Statt Torsk "), on22 November 2023 , regarding the contemplated private placement of new shares (the "Offer Shares ") in Vesterålen Havbruk AS to raise gross proceeds of betweenNOK 50 million andNOK 100 million (the "Private Placement"). Vesterålen Havbruk AS is pleased to announce that the Private Placement has been successfully placed within that range. Completion of the Private Placement is inter alia subject to an extraordinary general meeting expected to be held on or about29 November 2023 in Vesterålen Havbruk AS resolving to approve the Private Placement and issue the Offer Shares. For further information, please contact: Brynjar Kværnstuen, CEO Email: brynjar@vesteralenhavbruk.com Martin Kværnstuen, CFO Email: martin@vesteralenhavbruk.com About Vesterålen Havbruk AS: Vesterålen Havbruk AS is a white fish group primarily located in Øksnes and Bø municipality. The company's subsidiaries are involved in harvesting of farmed cod, processing facility for wild and farmed cod/salmon, and are also running a traditional fish reception. In Q4 2023 the company will have the first operational stun and bleed vessel delivered, specialized for farmed cod. The company has already conducted one production cycle on farmed cod in the Northern areas. Vesterålen Havbruk AS employs 200 people and are privately held. For more information, please visit: www.vesteralenhavbruk.com/en/rapporter. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This announcement is not and does not form a part of any offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities of Vesterålen Havbruk AS. Copies of this announcement are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into any jurisdiction in which such distribution would be unlawful or would require registration or other measures. The securities referred to in this announcement have not been and will not be registered under theU.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), and accordingly may not be offered or sold inthe United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of theU.S. Securities Act and in accordance with applicableU.S. state securities laws. Vesterålen Havbruk AS does not intend to register any part of the offering inthe United States or to conduct a public offering of securities inthe United States . Any sale inthe United States of the securities mentioned in this announcement will be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under theU.S. Securities Act. 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 as amended (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. 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", "expect", "anticipate", "strategy", "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 Vesterålen Havbruk AS believe 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. Vesterålen Havbruk AS does not make any guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this announcement are free from errors nor does it accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this announcement or any obligation to update or revise the statements in this announcement to reflect subsequent events. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this announcement. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date, and are subject to change without notice. Vesterålen Havbruk AS does not undertake any obligation to review, update, confirm, or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this announcement. 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