Recommendation from Equinor's nomination committee

23 Nov 2022 08:02 CET

The nomination committee in Equinor ASA (OSE:EQNR, NYSE:EQNR) recommends that
the company's corporate assembly elects Haakon Bruun-Hanssen as new member to
Equinor ASA's board of directors.

Board member Bjørn Tore Godal, who has been a member since 2010, wishes to step
down from his position as board member and the nomination committee recommends
Haakon Bruun-Hanssen as shareholder-elected member of the board of directors.

Bruun-Hanssen held the position as Chief of Norwegian Defence Forces from
2013-2020, previously having held the position as Chief Norwegian Joint
Operational Headquarters from 2011-2013 and Chief Royal Norwegian Navy from
2009-2011, Chief of staff Royal Norwegian Navy from 2007-2009 and Chief Naval
Operations centre from 2003-2007. Prior to this Bruun-Hanssen has had an
extensive career in the Norwegian Military.

Bruun-Hanssen has a broad education through the Norwegian Military; Petty
Officer training school, Norwegian naval Academy Submarine Commanding officer
course and Higher command course, Forsvarets Høyskole. He is also educated at
Military Command and Staff college, Instituut Defensie Leergangen in The
Netherlands and has participated in work sessions relating to board roles and
tasks at Insead In-Board Nordic Academy.

The election to Equinor's board of directors takes place in the company's
corporate assembly meeting Wednesday 30 November 2022. It is proposed that the
election enters into effect from 12 December 2022 and is effective until the
ordinary election of shareholder-elected members to the board of directors in
June 2023.

Contacts:

* Jarle Roth, chair of the nomination committee
* All enquiries to be directed through Equinor Corporate Press Office, Sissel
Rinde, +47 412 60 584

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

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