Atlantic Sapphire ASA: Start of Subscription Period in Subsequent Offering

17 Apr 2023 08:00 CEST

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Miami, FL, 17 April 2023

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice from Atlantic Sapphire ASA (the
"Company") published on 16 March 2023 regarding the conditional completion of a
private placement raising gross proceeds of NOK 595 million through issuance of
new shares in the Company (the "Private Placement") and the key information
notice dated 16 March 2023 regarding a potential subsequent offering of up to
20,000,000 new shares in the Company, each with a nominal value of NOK 0.10 (the
"Offer Shares" and the "Subsequent Offering"). Reference is furthermore made to
the authorization granted to the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board")
by an extraordinary general meeting of the Company held on 11 April 2023 (the
"EGM") to carry out the Subsequent Offering and the stock exchange notice
regarding approval of a prospectus by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory
Authority and publication of the same prospectus, released on 14 April 2023.

The Board has resolved to initiate the Subsequent Offering. The Subsequent
Offering consists of an offer of up to 20,000,000 new shares at a subscription
price of NOK 5.00 per Offer Share (the "Subscription Price") directed towards
Eligible Shareholders (as defined below), thereby raising gross proceeds of up
to NOK 100 million. The Subscription Price in the Subsequent Offering is equal
to the subscription price in the Private Placement.

The Subsequent Offering is directed towards the shareholders in the Company as
of 16 March 2023, as registered in the VPS on 20 March 2023 (the "Record Date"),
who (i) were not allocated Offer Shares in the Private Placement, and (ii) are
not resident in a jurisdiction where such offering would be unlawful or, for
jurisdictions other than Norway, would require any prospectus, filing,
registration or similar action (the "Eligible Shareholders"). Eligible
Shareholders will, based on their registered holding in the VPS at the end of
the Record date, be granted non-tradable subscription rights (the "Subscription
Rights") to subscribe for and be allocated Offer Shares in the Subsequent
Offering. The Company will issue 0.20652 Subscription Rights per 1 (one) Share
held in the Company registered as held on the Record Date.

The number of Subscription Rights issued to each Eligible Shareholder will be
rounded down to the nearest whole number of Subscription Rights without
compensation to the holder. Each Subscription Right grants the holder the right
to subscribe for and be allocated 1 (one) Offer Share in the Subsequent
Offering. Over-subscription will be permitted. Subscription without Subscription
Rights will not be permitted.

The subscription period in the Subsequent Offering will commence today, on 17
April 2023 at 09:00 (CEST) and will close on 28 April 2023 at 16:30 (CEST).

Allocation of the Offer Shares is expected to take place on 2 May 2023, and the
payment for the Offer Shares allocated to a subscriber is expected to fall due
on 5 May 2023. The Company expects that the share capital increase pertaining to
the Subsequent Offering will be registered with the Norwegian Register of
Business Enterprises (Nw: Foretaksregisteret) on or about 11 May 2023 and that
the Offer Shares will be delivered to the VPS accounts of the subscribers to
whom they are allocated on or about 12 May 2023, subject to timely payment of
the aggregate Subscription Price by the subscriber.

The completion of the Subsequent Offering is subject to the following
conditions; (i) the Board resolving the necessary corporate resolutions to carry
out the Subsequent Offering, including the resolution to issue the Offer Shares,
and (ii) that the share capital increase related to the issuance of the Offer
Shares is registered with the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises.

The Company reserves the right to withdraw or cancel the Subsequent Offering at
any time and for any reason before completion of the Subsequent Offering. If the
Subsequent Offering is withdrawn or not carried out, all subscriptions for Offer
Shares will be disregarded and any payments for Offer Shares will be returned to
the subscribers without interest or any other compensation.

The complete terms and conditions of the Subsequent Offering, and further
information about the Company, is available in the Prospectus.

DNB Markets, a part of DNB Bank ASA, acts as Sole Global Coordinator and Joint
Bookrunner and Carnegie AS acts as Joint Bookrunner in the Subsequent Offering
(jointly, the "Managers"). Advokatfirmaet CLP DA is acting as legal advisor for
the Company in connection with the Subsequent Offering. Advokatfirmaet BAHR AS
is acting as legal advisor for the Managers in connection with the Subsequent
Offering.

For further information, please contact:

Johan E. Andreassen
Chairman, Atlantic Sapphire ASA, and CEO, Atlantic Sapphire USA LLC;

Karl Øystein Øyehaug
Managing Director, Atlantic Sapphire ASA, and CFO, Atlantic Sapphire USA LLC

investorrelations@atlanticsapphire.com

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

About Atlantic Sapphire ASA
Atlantic Sapphire is pioneering Bluehouse® (land-raised) salmon farming,
locally, and transforming protein production, globally. Atlantic Sapphire has
been operating its innovation center in Denmark since 2011 with a strong focus
on R&D and innovation to equip the Company with the technology and procedures
that enable the Company to commercially scale up production in end markets close
to the consumer. 

In the US, the Company has identified and obtained the requisite permits to
construct its Bluehouse® in the ideal location in Homestead, Florida, just south
of Miami. The Company has completed Phase 1 construction, which provides the
capacity to harvest approximately 10,000 tons (HOG) of salmon annually. The
Company completed its first commercial harvest in the US in September 2020.
Atlantic Sapphire is currently constructing its Phase 2 expansion, which will
bring total annual production capacity to 25,000 tons, and has a long-term
targeted harvest volume of 220,000 tons.

Important information

The release is not for publication or distribution, in whole or in part directly
or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland or
the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the
United States and the District of Columbia). This release is an announcement
issued pursuant to legal information obligations, and is subject of the
disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities
Trading Act. It is issued for information purposes only, does not purport to be
full or complete and does not constitute or form part of any offer or
solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities, in the United States or in
any other jurisdiction where such offer of solicitation is unlawful. The
securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US Securities Act"), or
under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan. The
securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the US Securities Act. The
Company does not intend to register any portion of the offering of the
securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of the
securities in the United States. Copies of this announcement are not being made
and may not be distributed or sent into Australia, Canada, Japan or the United
States.

The issue, subscription or purchase of shares in the Company is subject to
specific legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions. Neither the
Company nor the Managers assume any responsibility in the event there is a
violation by any person of such restrictions.

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
Prospectus Regulation, i.e., only to investors who can receive the offer without
an approved prospectus in such EEA Member State. The expression "Prospectus
Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (together with any applicable
implementing measures in any Member State).

In the United Kingdom, this communication is only addressed to and is only
directed at "qualified investors" within the meaning of Regulation (EU)
2017/1129 as it forms part of the laws of the United Kingdom by virtue of the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (including any statutory instruments made
in exercise of the powers conferred by such act) 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
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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 "anticipate", "believe",
"continue", "estimate", "expect", "intends", "may", "should", "will" 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 the Company believes 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. The information, opinions and forward-looking
statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date and are
subject to change without notice. This announcement is made by, and is the
responsibility of, the Company. The Managers are acting exclusively for the
Company and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the
Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, or
for advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any of the
matters referred to herein. The Managers and their respective affiliates
disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update, review or revise any
forward-looking statement contained in this announcement whether as a result of
new information, future developments or otherwise.

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jurisdiction.

Neither the Managers nor any of their respective affiliates makes any
representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy and
completeness of this announcement (or whether any information has been omitted
from the announcement) or as to any other information relating to the Company
its subsidiaries or associated companies, whether written, oral or in a visual
or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss
howsoever arising from any use of this announcement or its contents or otherwise
arising in connection therewith, and none of them accepts any responsibility for
the contents of this announcement or any matters referred to herein. This
announcement is for information purposes only and is not to be relied upon in
substitution for the exercise of independent judgment. It is not intended as
investment advice and under no circumstances is it to be used or considered as
an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a
recommendation to buy or sell any securities of the Company. Neither the
Managers nor any of their respective affiliates accepts any liability arising
from the use of this announcement.

In connection with any offering of the shares, the Managers and any of their
affiliates acting as an investor for their own account may take up as a
principal position in any shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase or
sell for their own accounts such shares. In addition, they may enter into
financing arrangements and swaps with investors in connection with which they
may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of shares. They do not intend to
disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in
accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do so.

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