Atlantic Sapphire ASA: Preliminary Results of the Recommended Mandatory Tender Offer and Disclosure of Large Shareholding

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Miami, Florida, 28 August 2026

Reference is made to the recommended mandatory tender offer (the "Offer") by Coral HoldCo AS (the "Offeror") to acquire all issued and outstanding shares (the "Shares") in Atlantic Sapphire ASA ("Atlantic Sapphire" or the "Company") not already owned by the Offeror, at an offer price of NOK 0.80 per Share, pursuant to the offer document dated 30 July 2026 (the "Offer Document").

The acceptance period in the Offer (the "Offer Period") expired today, 28 August 2026, at 16:30 CEST.

At the expiry of the Offer Period, preliminary results indicate that the Offeror has received acceptances under the Offer for a total of 2,341,744 Shares, representing approximately 6.53% of the issued and outstanding share capital and voting rights in the Company. In addition, the Offeror already owns 22,301,236 Shares. Consequently, and subject to final results and due settlement of the Shares for which acceptances are received, the Offeror will, based on the preliminary results, own 24,642,980 Shares in total, representing approximately 68.73% of the issued and outstanding share capital and voting rights in the Company. As such, the Offeror's shareholding will pass upwards through the 2/3 threshold pursuant to Section 4-2 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Please note that the calculation of the number of Shares tendered in the Offer is preliminary and is subject to change until the VPS accounts of the Company's shareholders having accepted the Offer are debited and such Shares having been transferred to a settlement account of DNB Carnegie, a part of DNB Bank ASA (acting as "Receiving Agent" in the Offer). Furthermore, the final result of the Offer is subject to customary verification by the Receiving Agent. The final result of the Offer will be announced once confirmed by the Receiving Agent.

In accordance with the terms set out in the Offer Document, settlement of the Offer shall take place as soon as possible and no later than 11 September 2026, being fourteen calendar days after the date of expiry of the acceptance period in the Offer.

The Offeror is a joint investment company established by, and holding the Shares on behalf of, a group of the Company's largest shareholders and convertible loan holders prior to their respective transfers to the Offeror, for the purposes of the restructuring, consisting of: (i) Condire Management L.P., (ii) Nordlaks Holding AS, (iii) Nokomis Capital, LLC, (iv) Strawberry Capital AS, and (v) Joh Johannson Eiendom AS (the "Investor Group"). The Investor Group holds approximately 93.7% of the USD 59.2 million convertible loan issued by the Company and approved by its extraordinary general meeting on 30 September 2025. The Offeror holds no rights to further shares or voting rights in the Company.

For further information about the restructuring of the Company please see the Company's announcement 23 May 2026 together with subsequent announcements, and the Offer Document.

Advisors Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS is acting as legal advisor to the Offeror. Advokatfirmaet CLP DA is acting as legal advisor to the Company. Arctic Securities AS is acting as financial advisor to the Company and the Board in connection with the Offer. DNB Carnegie, a part of DNB Bank ASA, is acting as receiving agent in connection with the settlement of the Offer.

About Atlantic Sapphire ASA Atlantic Sapphire is pioneering Bluehouse® (land-raised) salmon farming, locally, and transforming protein production, globally. Atlantic Sapphire operated its innovation center in Denmark from 2011 until 2021 with a strong focus on R&D and innovation to equip the Company with the technology and procedures that enable the Company to commercially scale up production in end markets close to the consumer. In the US, the Company holds the requisite permits and patents to construct its Bluehouse® in an ideal location in Homestead, Florida, just south of Miami. The Company's Phase 1 facility is in operation, which provides the capacity to harvest up to approximately 7,500-8,500 tons (HOG) of salmon annually. The Company completed its first commercial harvest in the US in September 2020. Atlantic Sapphire’s Phase 2 expansion will bring total annual production capacity to 25,000 tons and the Company has a long-term targeted harvest volume of >100,000 tons.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to the Norwegian Securities Trading Act sections 5-12 and 4-2.

Important notice

The Offer and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Offer Document and related acceptance forms are not and may not be distributed, forwarded or transmitted into or within any jurisdiction where prohibited by applicable law, including, without limitation, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and the Philippines. The Offeror does not assume any responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such restrictions. Persons in the United States should review "Notice to U.S. Holders" below. Persons into whose possession this announcement or such other information should come are required to inform themselves about and to observe any such restrictions.

This announcement is for information purposes only and is not a tender offer document and, as such, is not intended to and does not constitute or form any part of an offer or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities, or the solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. Investors may accept the Offer only on the basis of the information provided in the Offer Document. Offers will not be made directly or indirectly in any jurisdiction where either an offer or participation therein is prohibited by applicable law or where any tender offer document or registration or other requirements would apply in addition to those undertaken in Norway.

Shareholders of Atlantic Sapphire ASA must rely upon their own examination of the Offer Document. Each shareholder should study the Offer Document carefully in order to make an informed and balanced assessment of the Offer and the information discussed and described therein. Shareholders should not construe the contents of this announcement as legal, tax or accounting advice, or as information necessarily applicable to each shareholder. Each shareholder should seek independent advice from their own financial and legal advisors prior to making a decision to accept the Offer.

No profit forecasts or estimates No statement in this announcement is intended as a profit forecast or profit estimate and no statement in this announcement should be interpreted to mean that earnings or earnings per Share for the current or future financial years would necessarily match or exceed the historical published earnings or earnings per Share.

Forward-looking statements Matters discussed in this announcement may constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "strategy", "intends", "estimate", "will", "may", "continue", "should" and similar expressions. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they reflect the companies' current expectations and assumptions as to future events and circumstances that may not prove accurate. A number of material factors could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements contained in this announcement speak only as at its date and are subject to change without notice. The Offeror undertakes no obligation to review, update, confirm, or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this announcement or otherwise.

Notice to U.S. Holders U.S. Holders (as defined below) are advised that the Shares are not listed on a U.S. securities exchange and that the Company is not subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "U.S. Exchange Act"), and is not required to, and does not, file any reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") thereunder. The Offer will be made to holders of Shares resident in the United States ("U.S. Holders") on the same terms and conditions as those made to all other holders of Shares of the Company to whom an offer is made. Any information documents, including the Offer Document, will be disseminated to U.S. Holders on a basis comparable to the method that such documents are provided to the Company's other Shareholders to whom an offer is made. The Offer will be made by the Offeror and no one else.

The Offer is made to U.S. Holders pursuant to Section 14(e) and Regulation 14E under the U.S. Exchange Act as a "Tier I" tender offer, and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of Norwegian law. Accordingly, the Offer is subject to disclosure and other procedural requirements timetable, settlement procedures and timing of payments, that are different from those that would be applicable under U.S. domestic tender offer procedures and law.

Pursuant to an exemption from Rule 14e-5 under the U.S. Exchange Act, the Offeror and its affiliates or brokers (acting as agents for the Offeror or its affiliates, as applicable) may from time to time, and other than pursuant to the Offer, directly or indirectly, purchase or arrange to purchase, Shares or any securities that are convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for such Shares outside the United States during the period in which the Offer remains open for acceptance, so long as those acquisitions or arrangements comply with applicable Norwegian law and practice and the provisions of such exemption. To the extent information about such purchases or arrangements to purchase is made public in Norway, such information will be disclosed by means of an English language press release via an electronically operated information distribution system in the United States or other means reasonably calculated to inform U.S. Holders of such information. In addition, the financial advisors to the Offeror may also engage in ordinary course trading activities in securities of the Company, which may include purchases or arrangements to purchase such securities.

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