Atea employees have purchased shares in Atea ASA according to the terms of the Atea Employee Share Savings Program (the “Program”). The purpose of the Program is to engage employees and foster a culture of employee ownership in the Company.
Under the terms of the Program, participating employees may allocate a fixed amount of their monthly after-tax salary to purchase shares in Atea ASA (up to a maximum per month of NOK 1,000 in Norway, SEK 1,000 in Sweden, DKK 700 in Denmark and EUR 100 per month in Finland and the Baltic countries). Shares are purchased by employees from Atea ASA’s treasury share holdings at market price. The price of the shares purchased is determined based on the volume-weighted average price of the ATEA share on the day preceding the share transfer.
As an additional incentive, participating employees will receive one “bonus” share for each two ordinary shares purchased under the Program after a vesting period in which the specified ordinary shares must be held. The vesting period is three years for executive management and two years for all other employees. The participant must also remain employed by Atea during the vesting period in order to receive the bonus share. The “bonus” share is treated as a restricted stock unit (RSU) under IFRS 2 Share-Based Payment.
3,029 Atea employees are presently registered in the Program, representing approximately 38% of all employees in the Atea Group.
On May 5, these employees purchased 60,449 shares in Atea ASA. Shares were purchased from Atea’s treasury share holdings at a share price of NOK 146.58 per share, corresponding to the volume-weighted average share price on May 5, 2025. The cost of the shares will be deducted from the employees’ after-tax salary in May, June and July. After the transaction, Atea ASA held 892,522 of its own shares.
The following primary insiders have acquired ATEA shares on May 5, 2025 under the Atea Share Savings Program, and are subject to public disclosure requirements as a result of share transaction volumes during calendar year 2025.
Arunas Bartusevicius (Managing Director, Atea Baltics) purchased 24 shares under the Program. After the transaction, the primary insider holds 147,343 shares, 280,000 options and 111 RSUs in the Company.
Robert Giori (Group CFO) purchased 21 shares under the Program. After the transaction, the primary insider holds 126,977 shares, 500,000 options and 95 RSUs in the Company. The shareholding includes shares held by close associates and through his holding company Four Leaf Clover AS.
Carl-Johan Hultenheim (Group COO) purchased 22 shares under the Program. After the transaction, the primary insider holds 14,194 shares, 750,000 options and 97 RSUs in the Company.
Ole Petter Saxrud (Managing Director, Atea Norway) purchased 21 shares under the Program. After the transaction, the primary insider holds 1,690 shares, 370,000 options and 95 RSUs in the Company.
Juha Sihvonen (Managing Director, Atea Finland) purchased 24 shares under the Program. After the transaction, the primary insider holds 223 shares, 480,000 options and 111 RSUs in the Company.
Steinar Sønsteby (Group CEO) purchased 21 shares under the Program. After the transaction, the primary insider holds 125,190 shares, 1,125,000 options and 95 RSUs in the Company. The shareholding includes shares held through his holding company SS Holding AS.
Linus Wallin (Managing Director, Atea Sweden) purchased 22 shares under the program. After the transaction, the primary insider holds 194 shares, 400,000 options and 97 RSUs in the Company.
For further information, please contact:
Robert Giori, CFO Atea ASA, mobile +47 934 09 188
Ole Johan Fjellestad, Group Chief Accountant, mobile +47 992 74 829