Corporate Assembly meeting

Orkla's Corporate Assembly held a meeting on 27 May 2010.

Idar Kreutzer was elected new Chair and Dag Mejdell was elected new Deputy Chair
of Orkla's Corporate Assembly.

Jesper Ovesen was elected as new member of the Board of Directors.

Stein Erik Hagen, Svein S. Jacobsen, Åse Aulie Michelet, Bjørg Ven, Peter
Ruzicka and Kristin Skogen Lund were re-elected as members of the Board of
Directors.

Stein Erik Hagen was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Svein
S. Jacobsen was re-elected as Deputy Chairman.

All members of the Board of Directors were elected/re-elected for a period of
one year, until the first meeting of the Corporate Assembly after the annual
general meeting in 2011.

The Board of directors of Orkla ASA is unchanged and consist of the following
shareholder-elected members:

Stein Erik Hagen (Chairman of the Board)
Svein S. Jacobsen (Deputy Chairman )
Ã…se Aulie Michelet
Bjørg Ven
Peter Ruzicka
Kristin Skogen Lund
Jesper Ovesen

All elections were according to The Nomination Committee's recommendation.

Orkla ASA,
Oslo, 28 May 2010

Contact person:
Idar Kreutzer, Chairman of the Corporate Assembly in Orkla ASA
Phone: [phone]
Karl Otto Tveter, Senior Vice President, General Counsel at Orkla ASA
Phone: [phone]


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


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