Purchase of Own Shares

RNS Number:4460Y
Bergesen d.y. ASA
10 July 2002

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                PRESS RELEASE NO. 32/2002 FROM BERGESEN D.Y. ASA


                      BEA-TRADING ANNOUNCEMENT OWN SHARES



The Bergesen d.y. Group has today bought 100,000 of its own shares, being 80,000
A-shares and 20,000 B-shares for NOK 169.00 and NOK 150.00 per share
respectively.

After this purchase The Bergesen d.y. Group owns totally 743,600 of its own
shares, being 633,950 A-shares and 109,650 B-shares.

Excluding own shares the number of outstanding shares is 58,951,456.


                               Oslo, 10 July 2002


                               BERGESEN D.Y. ASA



    Contact person: Svein Erik Amundsen, Managing Director,

    Telephone: + 47 22 12 05 13


    Other information about Bergesen is available at: www.bergesen.no



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