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26 June 2023

For further information, please contact:

Investors and financial media

Stuart Jackson, CFO, ABL Group ASA
Telephone: +971 4 3793612

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Endre Johansen, Corporate Communications AS
Telephone: +47 41 61 06 05
Email: endre.johansen@corpcom.no

About ABL Group ASA

ABL Group (OSE: ABL Group ASA – ticker code “ABL”) is a leading independent global consultancy delivering energy, marine, engineering and digital solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. The group has offices in 39 countries worldwide and operates under four brands: ABL, OWC, Longitude and AGR.

ABL Group ASA: Approval and publication of prospectus

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE UNITED STATES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR THE UNITED STATES OR ANYOTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF ANY OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN.

Reference is made to the stock exchange announcements from ABL Group ASA (“ABL Group” or the “Company”) on 20 March 2023, 18 April 2023 and 19 April 2023 regarding the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares in AGR AS, and the issuance of 18,166,667 ordinary ABL Group shares to the sellers as part of the consideration (the “Consideration Shares”).

The Consideration Shares were issued on a separate ISIN until approval by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (Nw. Finanstilsynet) (the “FSA”) of a listing prospectus (the “Prospectus”).

The Prospectus has been approved by the FSA today, 26 June 2023, and has been published on the Company’s website at https://abl-group.com/investor-relations/.

As the Prospectus has been approved and published, the Consideration Shares will be transferred to the same ISIN as the rest of the Company’s shares (ISIN NO0010715394) and are expected to be tradable on Oslo Børs on or about 27 June 2023. As further described in the stock exchance announcements referred to above, all Consideration Shares remain subject to a 12 month lock-up period.