THIN - Share capital increase registered Refere

Reference is made to the stock exchange notice published by Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm" or the "Company") on 23 December 2016 when an Extraordinary General Meeting in the Company resolved Tranche 2 of a private placement of 71,500,000 new shares in the Company. The new shares were subscribed for by funds managed by Woodford Investment Management Ltd with 51,500,000 shares and funds managed by Invesco Asset Management Ltd with 20,000,000 shares. 

The share capital increase related to issuance of shares has now been duly registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. Following the share capital increase, Thinfilm's registered share capital is NOK 89,843,502.87 divided into 816,759,117 ordinary shares each having a par value of NOK 0.11.

30 December 2016 Thin Film Electronics ASA 

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.