Oslo, 6 February 2015 - DNO ASA ("DNO") announces that on 6 February 2015 the following primary insiders have acquired synthetic shares in DNO under the Employee Share Saving Scheme (the "Scheme") at a price of NOK 13.37 per synthetic share based on the closing price on 5 February 2015:
| Name | Position | Synthetic shares purchased | Total holding of synthetic shares |
| Anita Hjerkinn Aarnæs | Director Human Resources | 2 351 | 15 640 |
| Nicholas Atencio | VP Corporate Controls and Chief Risk Officer | 2 692 | 14 817 |
| Christian Reegård Dalby | Senior Legal Counsel & Corporate Secretary | 1 121 | 3 520 |
| Bjørn Dale | President and Managing Director | 4 517 | 21 419 |
| Daljit Gill | General Manager Kurdistan | 3 023 | 20 298 |
| Oliver Girardot | Advisor to the President and Managing Director | 1 325 | 9 732 |
| Kathrine Heiersjø | Group Controller | 149 | 149 |
| Amzy Hibler | Deputy Chief Financial Officer | 3 853 | 3 853 |
| Ståle Monstad | Director Subsurface | 2 142 | 11 658 |
| Scott North | General Manager Yemen | 2 151 | 14 051 |
| Michel Pick | General Manager Tunisia | 3 331 | 19 415 |
| Haakon Sandborg | VP Chief Financial Officer | 1 121 | 8 235 |
| Per Øyvind Stene | Group Finance Manager | 1 416 | 8 067 |
| Andreas Strand | Advisor to the President and Managing Director | 1 384 | 5 535 |
| David Thorpe | General Manager Ras Al Khaimah | 4 144 | 7 709 |
| Claes Åbyholm | Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel | 1 962 | 1 962 |
Oslo, 6. February 2015
DNO ASA
Corporate Communications
This information is subject to disclosure pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.