Yara employee share purchase program

Oslo, 25 November 2014: On 24 November 2014, the Yara employee share trust ("Stiftelsen For Ansattes Aksjer i Yara") purchased 2,515 Yara shares in the market at an average price of NOK 317.9008 per share, as part of Yara's employee share purchase program in Norway. Permanent Yara employees in Norway can take part in the annual offer to buy Yara shares for a value of either NOK 7,500 or NOK 13,500, both options with a tax-exempt discount of NOK 1,500. Based on the two alternatives, Yara employees purchased either 23 Yara shares at NOK 256.9866 or 42 Yara shares at NOK 285.5407. In total Yara employees purchased 28,243 Yara shares from the Yara employee share trust. Following these transactions, the Yara employee share trust owns 168 Yara shares. The following Yara primary insiders purchased shares:

CEO Torgeir Kvidal bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 6,168 Yara shares.

Chief Legal Counsel Trygve Faksvaag bought 23 shares. Following this purchase he owns 7,258 Yara shares.

Head of Downstream Egil Hogna bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 14,318 Yara shares.

Chief Human Resource Officer, Kaija Korolainen bought 42 shares. Following this purchase she owns 946 Yara shares.

CFO Thor Giæver bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 2,478 Yara shares.

Head of Supply & Trade Alvin Rosvoll bought 23 shares. Following this purchase he owns 4,946 Yara shares.

Chief Communication Officer Bente Slaatten bought 23 shares. Following this purchase she owns 4,433 Yara shares.

Board member Rune Bratteberg bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 124 Yara shares.

Board member Guro Mauset bought 42 shares. Following this purchase she owns 148 Yara shares.

Board member Geir O. Sundbø bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 96 Yara shares.

Deputy Board member Per Rosenberg bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 243 Yara shares.

Deputy Board member Kari Marie Nøstberg bought 23 shares. Following this purchase she owns 260 Yara shares.

Deputy Board member Vigleik Heimdal bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 425 Yara shares.

Head of Investor Relations Anders Lerstad bought 23 shares. Following this purchase he owns 262 Yara shares.

Deputy Board member Inge Stabæk bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 281 Yara shares.

Head of Internal Risk & Audit Steinar Skar bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 2,114 Yara shares.

Head of Ethics & Compliance Ezekiel Ward bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 368 Yara shares.

Investor Relations Officer Kjetil Storås bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 70 Yara shares.


Contact

Anders Lerstad, Investor Relations
Telephone (+47) 24 15 72 95
Cellular (+47) 93 42 69 54
E-mail anders.lerstad@yara.com

Esben Tuman, Corporate Communications
Cellular (+47) 90 50 84 00
E-mail esben.tuman@yara.com

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