Yara employee share purchase program


Oslo, 4 December 2018: The Yara employee share trust ("Stiftelsen For Ansattes Aksjer i Yara") has today purchased 38.400 Yara shares in the market at an average price of NOK 355.3711 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 15,000, with a tax-exempt discount of respectively NOK 1,500 or NOK 3,000. Based on the two alternatives, Yara employees purchased either 21 Yara shares at NOK 281.92 per share or 42 Yara shares at NOK 281.92 per share. In total, Yara employees purchased 38.850 Yara shares from the Yara employee share trust. Following these transactions, the Yara employee share trust owns 438 Yara shares. The following Yara primary insiders purchased shares:

President and Chief Executive Officer Svein Tore Holsether bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 31,908 Yara shares.

EVP Production Tove Andersen bought 42 shares. Following this purchase she owns 6,646 Yara shares.

EVP Crop Nutrition Terje Knutsen bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 8,278 Yara shares.

EVP Supply Chain Pablo Barrera Lopez bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 2,320 Yara shares.

EVP & General Counsel Kristine Ryssdal bought 42 shares. Following this purchase she owns 4,935 Yara shares.

EVP & Chief Financial Officer Lars Røsæg bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 474 Yara shares.

EVP Corporate Strategy & Business Development Terje Tollefsen bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 7,033 Yara shares.

EVP HR Communications and Brand Lene Trollnes bought 42 shares. Following this purchase she owns 11,557 Yara shares.

Board member Rune Bratteberg bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 283 Yara shares.

Board member Geir O. Sundbø bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 255 Yara shares.

Deputy Board member Morten Ødegård bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 862 Yara shares.

Deputy Board member Kari Marie Nøstberg bought 42 shares. Following this purchase she owns 404 Yara shares.

Deputy Board member Inge Stabæk bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 440 Yara shares.

Deputy Board member Vidar Viskjer bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 283 Yara shares.

SVP Investor Relations Thor Giæver bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 4,472 Yara shares.

Head of Internal Risk & Audit Steinar Skar bought 42 shares. Following this purchase he owns 3,751 Yara shares.

Investor Relations Director Nina Kleiv bought 42 shares. Following this purchase she owns 3,523 Yara shares.


Contact:

Thor Giæver, SVP Investor Relations
Mobile: (+47) 480 75 356
E-mail: thor.giaver@yara.com

Esben Tuman, Vice President Corporate Communications
Mobile: (+47) 905 08 400
E-mail: esben.tuman@yara.com


About Yara

In collaboration with customers and partners, Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet, to fulfill its vision of a collaborative society, a world without hunger and a planet respected.

Our crop nutrition solutions and precision farming offerings allow farmers to increase yields and improve product quality while reducing environmental impact. Our environmental and industrial solutions improve air quality and reduce emissions, and are key ingredients in the production of a wide range of products. We foster an open culture of diversity and inclusion that promotes the safety and integrity of our employees, contractors, business partners, and society at large.

Founded in 1905 to solve emerging famine in Europe, Yara has a worldwide presence with more than 17,000 employees and operations in over 60 countries.
In 2017, Yara reported revenues of USD 11.4 billion.
 
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This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.