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

Reference is made to the statement regarding share
options exercise in Atea dated 31 October 2013.

Out of a total of 1,204,337 exercisable options,
employees in the Atea Group have exercised 1,043,004
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
10,430,040 by issuing 1,043,004 new shares, of par
value NOK 10. Following the increase the Company's
share capital is NOK 1,031,810,200 divided into
103,181,020 shares.

Following the registration by the Norwegian Register
of Business Enterprises (Foretaksregisteret) of 6
November 2013, 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 6,600 employees.
Atea is present in 82 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 had revenue of
approximately NOK 21 billion in 2012 and is listed on
Oslo Stock Exchange. [http://www.atea.com]