NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR OTHER RESTRICTED TERRITORIES Reference is made to the offer document dated 18 September 2013 (the "Offer Document") regarding the mandatory offer (the "Offer") to acquire all outstanding shares in Blom ASA (the "Company") made by Merckx AS (the "Offeror"), with acceptance period from 19 September 2013 to and including 16:30 CET on 17 October 2013 (subject to extension). On 16 October 2013, the Offeror received acceptances under the Offer for 964 shares of the Company. Following this, the Offeror has received acceptances for a total of 8,582,983 shares representing approximately 25.5% of the shares and votes in the Company. Together with the 12,283,969 shares already held by the Offeror, the Offeror will, at completion of the Offer, hold 20,866,952 shares, representing 61.9% of all the issued shares of the Company. The Offeror is represented at the board of the Company through Tore Hopen, Kristian Gjertsen Lundkvist and Birgitte Askjem Ellingsen, and the Offeror is thus to be considered a primary insider of Blom ASA for the purposes of mandatory notifications of trades. *** The Offer and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Offeror does not assume any responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such restrictions. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. This notification has been made to pursuant to the requirements set out in the Norwegian Securities Trading Act section 4-1 and 4-2.