Franklin Resources, Inc., on behalf of Franklin Templeton 
Institutional, LLC ("FTILLC"), acting in the capacity as 
discretionary investment manager to underlying funds and 
managed accounts hereby gives notice that due to a disposal 
of shares, FTILLC's shareholdings in ABG Sundal Collier 
Holding ASA, as of 20 January, 2015, has decreased below 
the 10% threshold to 9.77% of issued shares and votes, 
which totals to 44,958,755 shares.  For purposes of this 
Notification, an outstanding share figure of 459,945,595 
shares was used to calculate the percentage.

At the present time, Franklin Templeton Investment Funds, 
which is managed by FTILLC, holds 9.56% of the total voting 
rights in ABG Sundal Collier Holding ASA.

The underlying funds and managed accounts managed by FTILLC 
do not hold any rights to shares in ABG Sundal Collier 
Holding ASA.
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