Reference is made to the announcement of 1 April 2016, in which Hexagon Composites ASA (the "Company") announced the grant of 925,000 share options to employees under its employee share option program, each at a strike price of NOK 20 per share.

Pursuant to the grant, the entitled employees in said share option program have exercised a total number of 175 000 of said options, each at the defined strike price. The Company has resolved to settle the economic value of the exercised options through transfer of shares held in treasury and has therefore on 15 March 2019 transferred in total 67 308 treasury shares to the employees as settlement of the exercised options. After the transaction, the Company holds 2 094 921 treasury shares, representing 1.26% of total shares outstanding.

Shares have been delivered to primary insiders as follows:

For more information:

David Bandele, CFO, Hexagon Composites ASA
Telephone: +47 920 91 483 | david.bandele@hexagongroup.com

Hiva Ghiri, VP Investor Relations, Hexagon Composites ASA
Telephone: +47 958 66 790 | hiva.ghiri@hexagongroup.com

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