SPAREBANKEN SØR TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE OWN EQUITY CAPITAL CERTIFICATES

17 Feb 2025 08:30 CET

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UNLAWFUL. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS COMMUNICATION.

Sparebanken Sør ("the Company") has engaged Norne Securities AS (the "Manager")
to explore the opportunity to acquire up to 107 731 equity capital certificates
("ECCs") in the Company ("the Offer"). Reference is made to the stock exchange
announcement published by the Bank on 7. February 2025 with the general
meeting's consideration of a power of attorney to acquire its own ECCs. The ECCs
will be used in the Bank's share savings and bonus programmes for employees.

The Offer is carried out through a reverse book building process. The Manager
will gather and accumulate sales orders from existing ECC holders. Once a sales
order is placed, it cannot be withdrawn or changed by the selling ECC holder and
the selling ECC holder is bound to sell the offered ECCs to the Company on the
offered terms if and at such time the offer is accepted by the Company,
irrespective of whether the Company decides to purchase a lower amount of ECCs
from a selling ECC holder than offered for sale by the respective ECC holder.
The final purchase price per ECC will be set based on the sales orders received
at a level representing a satisfactory price and offering volume (to be
determined by the Company at its sole discretion). The final purchase price will
be identical for all selling ECC holders.

The book building period commences immediately and is expected to close at 16:00
hours (CET) on 18. February 2025. The book building period can be changed at the
Company's and the Manager's sole discretion.

If an acquisition is to be completed, pricing will follow shortly thereafter.
Based on the above closing time, allocation is expected to be made before 18:00
hours (CET) on 18 February 2025 (T), and settlement is expected to take place on
or about 20. February 2025 (T+2) through a delivery versus payment (DVP)
transaction. If the book building period is changed, the dates will be adjusted
correspondingly.

In the event that the total number of received sales orders at the final
purchase price exceeds the number off ECCs the Company wishes to purchase (or
such decreased number of ECCs the Company wishes to purchase), the allocation
will, to the extent possible, be made on a pro rata basis based on the volume
offered by each selling ECC holder with the objective of treating all ECC
holders equally based on their indicated interest in participating in the Offer
at the final purchase price. The Company reserves the right to, at any time,
terminate and not complete the Offer or make any amendments with regards to the
volume [(only reductions)] or other terms of the Offer.

Holders of ECCs wishing to participate in the Offer can contact Norne Securities
AS at +47 555 59 137 / +47 555 59 164 / +47 240 46 661 to place a sales order.

The repurchase is approved by the general meeting in the Company and by the
Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA).
For further information, please contact: Steinar Vigsnes, CFO, +47 906 13 135,
Steinar.Vigsnes@sor.no

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to
verdipapirhandelloven § 5-12. (the Norwegian Securities Trading Act) and the
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

The Offer and the distribution of this announcement and other information in
connection with the Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions.
Sparebanken Sør 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 relevant information should come are required to inform
themselves about and to observe any such restrictions. The Offer is not being
made directly or indirectly in, or by use of the mails of, or by any means or
instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a
national securities exchange of, the United States of America, its territories
and possessions, any State of the United States and the District of Columbia
(the "United States"). This includes, but is not limited to, facsimile
transmission, internet delivery, e-mail, telex and telephones. Copies of this
release and any related documents are not being, and must not be, mailed,
e-mailed or otherwise distributed or sent in or into the United States and so
doing may invalidate any purported acceptance.

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