Mandatory notification of trade - Shares for Em...

Reference is made to the stock exchange release of 5 November 2008
regarding Shares for Employees 2008.

The buying price, and thereby the number of shares acquired by
primary insiders, was fixed on the basis of the closing price of the
Orkla share on 12 November 2008. The buying price was thus set at NOK
31.69 per share, including a 25 % discount.

Information about the number of shares acquired by primary insiders,
as well as their new holdings, is attached to this message.

Orkla ASA,
Oslo, 13 November 2008

Contacts:
Rune Helland, SVP Orkla Investor Relations
Tel.: [phone]

Lars Røsæg, Orkla Investor Relations
Tel.: [phone]


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