AutoStore and Ocado settle all patent litigation

22 Jul 2023 14:45 CEST

(Nedre Vats, 22 July 2023)  - AutoStore Holdings Ltd (AutoStore, OSE:AUTO) and
Ocado Group (Ocado, LON:OCDO) announced today a complete settlement of all
claims between the companies in their global patent dispute, avoiding further
litigation and associated costs.

The principal terms of the agreement are:

?     All patent litigation claims withdrawn globally

?     Mutually beneficial global cross-licence of each other's pre 2020 patents

?     Both companies can continue to use and market all their own existing
products without challenge

?     Ocado retains exclusive rights to the Single Space Robot

?     AutoStore will pay £200 million to Ocado in instalments over 2 years

Whilst the agreement gives both companies access to parts of each other's patent
portfolios for them to use or develop their own products, it does not provide
for collaboration or technology assistance between the companies or access to
actual products.

The other terms of the agreement remain confidential.

Tim Steiner, CEO of Ocado, said: "I am pleased we have been able to settle the
disputes in a constructive and collaborative manner.  We can now each move
forward and concentrate on providing our partners with world beating
technology."

Mats Hovland Vikse, CEO of AutoStore, said: "We are glad to have achieved a
resolution that gives both companies opportunity and freedom to commercialize
our extensive patent portfolios. This settlement resolves our differences and
allows us to continue focusing on our respective business goals."

This announcement includes inside information, is disclosed by Hiva Flåskjer, VP
Investor Relations on the date and time indicated above and is disclosed in
accordance with section 5-12 and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

For further information, please contact:

Investor relations and Norwegian media:

Hiva Flåskjer, Vice President Investor Relations:

 +47 958 66 790

hiva.flaskjer@autostoresystem.com

International media:

Tim Danaher and Peter Hesse:

+44 (0) 207 404 5959

AutoStore@brunswickgroup.com

About AutoStore

AutoStoreT, founded in 1996, is a technology company that develops order
-fulfillment solutions to help businesses achieve efficiency gains within the
storage and retrieval of goods. The company offers both hardware and software
capabilities and the AutoStore technology is interoperable with other third
-party solutions. AutoStore is global, with ~1,200 Systems in 49 countries. All
sales are distributed, designed, installed, and serviced by a network of
qualified system integrators referred to as "partners". AutoStore was founded in
Nedre Vats, on the west coast of Norway. The company has offices in Norway, the
U.S., UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, South Korea, Japan, Australia,
and Singapore, as well as production facilities in Koszalin, Poland.

For more information about AutoStore, see www.autostoresystem.com.

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