AKS - Final results of the rights offering


Reference is made to the notice to the stock exchange dated 18 September 2009.
The allocation from the rights offering, which closed on 17 September 2009 at
17:30 has been concluded by the Board of Aker Seafoods ASA on 23 September
2009. 

After the close of the subscription period a total of 36,000,000 new shares at
NOK 5.00 per share has been registered and allocated. It was subscribed for a
total of 44,227,017 shares. The rights offering was partly underwritten by a
guarantee consortium. As the rights offering was oversubscribed, no shares have
been allocated to the guarantee consortium, as set forth in the allocation
procedure described in the prospectus dated 31 August 2009. 

Approximately 97.4 per cent (approximately 35 million shares) of the offered
shares were subscribed for by utilising subscription rights. Approximately 25.4
per cent (approximately 9 million shares) of the offered shares were
oversubscribed or subscribed for without subscription rights. 

Based on the allocation principles described in the prospectus dated 31 August
2009, approximately 35 million new shares were allocated to subscribers
according to held subscription rights, and approximately 1 million new shares
were allocated to holders of subscription rights that oversubscribed. No
allocation was made to subscribers without subscription rights. 

Through the rights offering Aker Seafoods will receive proceeds amounting to
NOK 180 million before transaction costs. 

Notice of allocation and payment instructions will be sent out on or about 23
September 2009. The payment for the new shares falls due on or about 28
September 2009. The new shares will be registered after the rights offering has
been fully paid and registered with the Norwegian Register of Business
enterprises. Such registration is expected on or about 1 October 2009. 

Aker Seafoods' share capital will increase following the rights offering with
NOK 180,000,000 to NOK 423,230,080 corresponding to 84,646,016 shares in the
company with a nominal value of NOK 5.00 per share. 

The new shares may not be transferred or traded before they are fully paid and
the share capital increase has been registered with the Norwegian Register of
Business Enterprises and the new shares registered in the VPS. 

The rights offering is managed by Arctic Securities ASA.

For further information, please contact:
Yngve Myhre, CEO, Aker Seafoods ASA. Phone +47 24 13 01 60
Gunnar Aasbø, CFO, Aker Seafoods ASA. Phone +47 24 13 01 60

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