In connection with the Annual General Meeting of Bouvet ASA to be held May 24th 2018, Pål Egil Rønn, Chairman of the Board of Directors, has received proxy based voting rights for 813002 shares, representing 7.93 per cent of the votes in the company. The proxies are given without voting instructions and are valid only for the Annual General Meeting May 24th 2018. This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.