Norsk Hydro: Sale of shares to employees

OSLO, NORWAY -- 04/22/09 -- Norsk Hydro ASA`s employees have purchased shares under a general arrangement offered to the employees of Norsk Hydro ASA each year. All employees in Norway have been offered to purchase shares valued at NOK 10,000 with a 25 percent discount. 79 percent of the employees entitled to the offer have subscribed, and have been allocated 411 shares at NOK 18.23 per share. The total number of shares allocated is 1,898,820. Hydro announced the purchases by the primary insiders under this offer March 30, 2009. Norsk Hydro ASA holds 39,732,266 own shares after this transaction and the number of outstanding shares are 1,208,224,683. Press contact Contact Halvor Molland Telephone +47 22532421 Cellular +47 92979797 E-mail Halvor.Molland@hydro.com Investor contact Contact Stian Hasle Telephone +47 22532520 Cellular +47 97736022 E-mail Stian.Hasle@hydro.com