Norsk Hydro: Sale of shares to employees

Norsk Hydro ASA`s employees have agreed to purchase shares under a general
arrangement offered to the employees of Norsk Hydro ASA each year.

All employees in Norway have been offered to purchase shares valued at NOK
25,000, with a 50 percent discount. For employees taking part in this
arrangement, the share price is NOK 28.20 per share, for 443 shares, and will be
transferred by the end of April 2018.

The following primary insiders have under the above-mentioned scheme each agreed
to purchase 443 shares:

- President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg

- Executive Vice President CFO and Interim Head of Bauxite & Alumina, Eivind
Kallevik

- Executive Vice President Primary Metal, Hilde Merete Aasheim

- Executive Vice President Energy & Corporate Business Development, Arvid Moss

- Executive Vice President Rolled Products, Kjetil Ebbesberg

- Executive Vice President Extruded Solutions, Egil Hogna

- Executive Vice President CSR & General Counsel, Anne-Lene Midseim

- Executive Vice President Communication & Public Affairs, Inger Sethov

- Executive Vice President People & HSE, Katarina Nilsson

- Employee representative to the Board of Directors Billy Fredagsvik

- Employee representative to the Board of Directors Svein Kåre Sund

- Employee representative to the Board of Directors Sten Roar Martinsen

- Observer to the Board of Directors Tor Egil Skulstad

- Company Secretary Hans Eide Aarre



Investor contact
Contact Stian Hasle
Cellular +47 97736022
E-mail Stian.Hasle@hydro.com

Press contact
Contact Halvor Molland
Cellular +47 92979797
E-mail Halvor.Molland@hydro.com



Cautionary note

Certain statements included in this announcement contain forward-looking
information, including, without limitation, information relating to (a)
forecasts, projections and estimates, (b) statements of Hydro management
concerning plans, objectives and strategies, such as planned expansions,
investments, divestments, curtailments or other projects, (c) targeted
production volumes and costs, capacities or rates, start-up costs, cost
reductions and profit objectives, (d) various expectations about future
developments in Hydro's markets, particularly prices, supply and demand and
competition, (e) results of operations, (f) margins, (g) growth rates, (h) risk
management, and (i) qualified statements such as "expected", "scheduled",
targeted", "planned", "proposed", "intended" or similar.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable, these forward-looking statements are based on a
number of assumptions and forecasts that, by their nature, involve risk and
uncertainty. Various factors could cause our actual results to differ materially
from those projected in a forward-looking statement or affect the extent to
which a particular projection is realized. Factors that could cause these
differences include, but are not limited to: our continued ability to reposition
and restructure our upstream and downstream businesses; changes in availability
and cost of energy and raw materials; global supply and demand for aluminium and
aluminium products; world economic growth, including rates of inflation and
industrial production; changes in the relative value of currencies and the value
of commodity contracts; trends in Hydro's key markets and competition; and
legislative, regulatory and political factors.

No assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been
correct. Hydro disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.



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