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DOF ASA AND DOF SUBSEA AS: EXTENSION OF STANDSTILL AGREEMENTS WITH SECURED LENDERS

DOF ASA and DOF Subsea AS are pleased to announce that each of the companies have agreed to extend the principal and interest suspension agreements with are suspended until 30 April 2021 on certain customary terms and conditions. Such terms and conditions include customary restrictions on the DOF group (the ""Group"") in the relevant period and customary termination rights for the secured lenders. The MNOK 100 Credit Facility referred to above has also been extended. The stand-still from BNDES to Norskan Offshore Ltda. has been extended to and including 10 May 2021 except in respect of certain loan facilities which are not eligible for further stand-still periods as the maximum stand-still periods under applicable regulations have been exhausted. The other secured lenders have accepted that Norskan Offshore Ltda. services interest and amortisations under these facilities. The extensions of the stand-still periods are entered into to facilitate the Group's continued dialogue with its secured lenders and the bondholders under the Group's bond loans regarding a long-term financial restructuring of the Group. The discussions with the Group's main creditors remain constructive and the Group expects that further progress towards a consensual solution will be made over the coming months. The suspension agreements comprise all companies within the Group except for DOF Subsea Brasil Servicos Ltda. As regards the secured lenders (other than the secured lenders of DOF Subsea Brasil Servicos Ltda.) who have not entered into the suspension agreements or provided a similar concession DOF ASA and DOF Subsea AS will continue to impose an unilateral stand still on the payment of principal and interest to such secured lenders for as long as the suspension agreements remain in force. Such unilateral stand still is required to comply with the terms of the suspension agreements. For further information please contact: CEO Mons Aase tel. +47 91 66 10 12 CFO DOF Hilde Drønen tel. +47 91 66 10 09 CFO DOF Subsea Martin Lundberg tel. +47 91 62 10 57 ABOUT DOF Subsea: The DOF Subsea Group is a specialist subsea service business that provides subsea construction subsea engineering inspection repair and maintenance and survey services which involve complex and challenging engineering in an international environment. DOF Subsea owns a large fleet of modern subsea construction intervention and survey vessels that enable it to offer differentiated positions with its clients and work in long term relationships which enhance service delivery and reduce the overall risk. The company’s core business is project management engineering vessel operations survey remote intervention and diving operations primarily for the Oil and Gas Marine Telecommunications and Renewables markets. www.dofsubsea.com This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act."

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