EAM Solar ASA : Share capital increase

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Reference is made to previous stock exchange announcements regarding the rights issue (the "Rights Issue") by EAM Solar ASA (the "Company") of 1,250,000 new shares with a nominal value of NOK 10 each (the "Offer Shares") at a subscription price of NOK 24 per Offer Share.

The share capital increase pertaining to the Offer Shares has now been registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises.

The Company's share capital has consequently increased with NOK 12,500,000 to NOK 68,522,100. The Company's new registered share capital after the registration of the Offer Shares is NOK 68,522,100 divided into 6,852,210 shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 10.

For further queries, please contact:

Viktor E. Jakobsen, CEO, phone +47 9161 1009, viktor@eam.no.

About EAM Solar: EAM Solar is a utility company that acquires and operates solar power  plants. The Company currently owns solar PV power plants in Italy. The plants are operating under long-term sales contracts.

This  information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

IMORTANT INFORMATION:

This announcement is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to purchase or subscribe for securities of EAM Solar ASA. This announcement is not a prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, together with any applicable implementing measures in any Member State, the "Prospectus Directive"). Copies of this announcement may not be sent to jurisdictions, or distributed in or sent from jurisdictions, in which this is barred or prohibited by law. The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of any jurisdiction. A decision to invest in securities of EAM Solar ASA referred to in this announcement should be based exclusively on the prospectus published by EAM Solar ASA for such purpose.

This announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication or distribution into the United States of America and should not be distributed or otherwise transmitted into the United States or publications with a general circulation in the United States. This announcement does not constitute an offer or invitation to subscribe for or to purchase any securities in the United States of America. The new shares referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the laws of any state and may not be offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). There will be no public offering of the new shares in the United States of America.

The information contained herein does not constitute an offer of securities to the public in the United Kingdom. No prospectus offering securities to the public will be published in the United Kingdom. This announcement is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling within article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Order") or (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it 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").

The new shares are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such Shares will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents.

Any offer of securities to the public that may be deemed to be made pursuant to this communication in any EEA Member State that has implemented Prospectus Directive is only addressed to qualified investors in that Member State within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive.

This publication may contain specific forward-looking statements, e.g. statements including terms like "believe," "assume," "expect," "forecast," "project," "may," "could," "might," "will" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may result in a substantial divergence between the actual results, financial situation, development or performance of EAM Solar ASA and those explicitly or implicitly presumed in these statements. Against the background of these uncertainties, readers should not rely on forward- looking statements. EAM Solar ASA assumes no responsibility to up-date forward-looking statements or to adapt them to future events or developments.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.




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Source: EAM Solar ASA via GlobeNewswire

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