STAVANGER, Norway, April 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The shares purchased by DNB on behalf of Statoil ASA (OSE: STL, NYSE:STO) on the 15th of April 2015 for use in the group's Share Saving Plan have on the 17th of April 2015 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount.
Following this, the share saving plan has 8,417,565 shares.
As participants in the share saving plan, the primary insiders below have been allocated shares at an average price of NOK 159.
| Name | Allocated shares | New share holding |
| Anfinnsen Tor Martin | 341 | 9 789 |
| Bacher Lars Christian | 350 | 22 767 |
| Bjørn Benedikte Bettina | 46 | 848 |
| Di Valerio Ingrid Elisabeth | 112 | 2 607 |
| Dodson Timothy | 277 | 25 150 |
| Gjærum Reidar | 274 | 22 684 |
| Hilland Jannicke | 229 | 11 348 |
| Hovden Magne Andre | 252 | 10 204 |
| Klouman Hans Henrik | 397 | 21 318 |
| Knight John Nicholas | 813 | 73 452 |
| Kvelvane Ørjan | 172 | 2 987 |
| Mathieu Philippe François | 203 | 7 754 |
| Opedal Anders | 13 | 12 023 |
| Reitan Torgrim | 360 | 25 196 |
| Skeie Svein | 221 | 19 218 |
| Sætre Eldar | 284 | 30 270 |
| Øvrum Margareth | 369 | 38 804 |
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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Hilde Merete Nafstad, SVP Investor Relations, mbl +47 95783911 Morten Sven Johannessen, VP Investor Relations USA, mbl +1 203 570 2524