Expected timing of listing of new shares

The Financial Restructuring which comprises 
conversion of bond debt to equity and a subsequent 
combination of shares, 100:1, was approved by the 
Extraordinary General Meeting in Blom held on 27 
September 2013, see stock exchange notification of 
the same date.

The new shares are expected to be issued and 
registered in the Norwegian Central Securities 
Depository ("VPS") in the week 18-22. November, 
2013.  The Blom shares will be traded ex. 
consolidation from and including the first trading 
date after the registration of the share capital 
increase. 

The new shares will not be admitted to listing on 
Oslo Børs until after a listing prospectus has been 
approved by the Financial Supervisory Authority of 
Norway and published. It is not yet clear when this 
will take place. 

Further information as to the time of registration of 
the share capital increase, the publication of the 
listing prospectus and the admission to trading of 
the new shares will be notified in the form of a 
stock exchange notification from the Company once 
available.
 
The new shares to be issued are not tradable until 
they have been issued and registered in VPS and this 
has been confirmed through an announcement by the 
Company.

After the issuance of the new shares, the total 
number of shares after combination of the shares of 
outstanding will be 10,070,649.