Increase of share capital in Atea ASA ("the Company")

Reference is made to the statement regarding share
options exercise in Atea dated October 29, 2010.

Out of a total of 1,699,169 exercisable options,
employees in the Atea Group have exercised 469,665
options. Following the share option exercise the
Board of Directors, pursuant to authorisation granted
by the Company's Annual General Meeting, has decided
to increase the Company's share capital by NOK
4,696,650 by issuing 469,665 new shares, of par value
NOK 10. Following the increase the Company's share
capital is NOK 962,950,220 divided into 96,295,022
shares.

Following the registration by the Norwegian Register
of Business Enterprises (Foretaksregisteret) of
November 2, 2010, the Articles of association for the
Company have been revised accordingly.

This information is subject of the disclosure
requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian Trading
Act).


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]