Mandatory notice of trade

Atea ASA has sold 1,780,000 shares at an average
share price of NOK 54.75 on 21 December 2010.

The background for the sale is the acquisition of
Umoe IKT AS, where parts of the purchase price are
Atea ASA shares. More information on the acquisition
of Umoe IKT AS can be found in Atea ASA's stock
announcement of 29 November 2010.

The shares are sold outside Oslo Stock Exchange.

Atea ASA holds 3,601 own shares after the sale.


For further information, please contact:
Rune Falstad, CFO Atea ASA, mobile +47 906 14 482


About Atea
Atea is the leading Nordic and Baltic supplier of IT
infrastructure with approximately 4800 employees.
Atea is present in 73 cities in Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Atea
delivers IT products from leading vendors and assists
its customers with specialist competencies within IT
infrastructure services. Atea has annual revenue of
approximately NOK 15 billion and is listed on Oslo
Stock Exchange. [http://www.atea.com]