Oslo, 15 June 2012. Charles McCathieNevile has announced that he will be
leaving Opera as an employee and has thus also resigned as an employee
representative at the Board of Directors of Opera. Deputy employee
representative Christian Uribe will replace McCathieNevile as an
ordinary member of the Board following his resignation.

Petter Lade, Investor Relations
Tel: +47 23 69 24 00
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