Annual General Meeting 2010

The Ordinary Annual General Meeting of Orkla ASA was held on Thursday, 22 April
2010 in Oslo, Norway.

All proposals on the agenda were adopted, cf. the notice of the Annual General
Meeting that was sent to the Oslo Stock Exchange on 25 March 2010.

The General Meeting approved the Board's proposal to distribute a dividend for
2009 of NOK 2.25 per share. The dividend will be paid on 4 May 2010 to
shareholders of record as of the date of the Annual General Meeting. The Orkla
share will be listed ex-dividend on the Oslo Stock Exchange from 23 April 2010.


1. The General Meeting adopted a resolution to renew the authorisation to
acquire treasury shares:

«(i) The General Meeting of Orkla ASA hereby authorises the Board of Directors
to permit the company to acquire shares in Orkla ASA with a nominal value of up
to NOK 125,000,000 divided between a maximum of 100,000,000 shares, provided
that the company's holding of treasury shares does not exceed 10% of shares
outstanding at any given time. The amount that may be paid per share shall be no
less than NOK 20 and no more than NOK 120. The Board of Directors shall have a
free hand with respect to methods of acquisition and disposal of treasury
shares. This ­authorisation shall apply from 23 April 2010 until the date of the
Annual General Meeting in 2011.

(ii) The authorisation may be utilised to fulfil existing employee incentive
arrangements, and employee incentive arrangements adopted by the General Meeting
in accordance with item 2.3 of the agenda.

(iii) The authorisation may be utilised to acquire shares for ­cancellation.»

2. The General Meeting adopted a resolution to renew the authorisation for the
Board of Directors to increase share capital through subscription of new share:

«The Board of Directors is authorised to increase share ­capital through the
subscription of new shares with an aggregate ­nominal value of up to NOK
90,000,000, divided between a maximum of 72,000,000 shares, each with a nominal
value of NOK 1.25. The authorisation may be utilised to further develop the
Group's core businesses by acquiring companies in return for consideration in
the form of the subscription of new shares or otherwise increasing share
capital. This authorisation may be utilised for one or more share issues.

The Board of Directors may decide to deviate from the pre-­emptive right of
shareholders to subscribe for shares pursuant to section 10-4 of the Public
Limited Liability Companies Act.

The Board of Directors may decide that payment for the shares shall be effected
in assets other than cash, or the right to subject the company to special
obligations pursuant to section 10-2 of the Public Limited Liability Companies
Act. If payment is made in ­assets other than cash, the Board may decide that
such assets shall be transferred to a subsidiary in return for a corresponding
settlement between the subsidiary and Orkla ASA.

The authorisation also applies to decisions to merge pursuant to section 13-5 of
the Public Limited Liability Companies Act.

This authorisation shall apply from 23 April 2010 until the date of the Annual
General Meeting in 2011.»

 3. Resolution of election of the following persons as members and deputy
members of the Corporate Assembly for a period of one year:

Members (re-elected):
Johan H. Andresen jr
Idar Kreutzer
Rune Bjerke
Kjetil Houg
Nils-Henrik Pettersson
Gunn Wærsted
Lars Windfeldt
Olaug Svarva
Dag Mejdell
Marianne Blystad
Nils Selte
Terje Venold

New members:
Claus R. Flinder
Ann Kristin Brautaset


Deputy members (re-elected):
Anne Birgitte Fossum    (2)
Scilla Treschow Hokholt (3)
Benedikte Bjørn (4)
Andreas Enger (5)
Mimi K. Berdal (6)

New deputy member:
Odd Gleditsch d.y. (1)

The numbers in parentheses specify the order in which they will be called



4. Resolution of election of the following persons as members of the Nomination
Committee for a period of two years:
Olaug Svarva (re-elected)
Idar Kreutzer (re-elected)
Leiv Askvig (re-elected)

In addition the Nomination Committee includes:
Nils-Henrik Pettersson (not up for election)

Resolution of election of the following person as new chair of the Nomination
Committee for a period of two years:
Idar Kreutzer


Orkla ASA
Oslo, 22 April 2010

Contacts Orkla Investor Relations:
Rune Helland, Tel.: +47 977 13250
Siv Merethe S. Brekke, Tel.: +47 930 56093




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


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