January 20th, 2000  

Norman ASA has entered into distribution agreements with companies in Romania and Croatia. The agreements concern the distribution of Norman Virus Control and strengthens Norman's strategy of expanding the distribution of its products in Europe.

Norman has signed an agreement with the Romanian company CS Softward SRL, headquartered in Bucharest. Norman's distribution partner in Croatia is MRAZELECTRONIC, based in Zagreb. Both companies are well established and have broad experience within distribution and sales of virus control products.

- We are most delighted with the fact that we expand the distribution of our products on new European markets. Norman's strategy is to establish alliances with leading local distributors on new markets, and this strategy has proved to be highly successful. We have full confidence in the agreements that have been signed in Romania and Croatia. The companies are well established and highly experienced parties on the two markets, says Bjørn Fosli, C.E.O. and President of Norman.

Great potential

- Both Romania and Croatia are markets that are expected to experience a considerable growth within the use of personal computers. Such growth may result is increased demand for Norman's products, says Fosli.

In the course of 1999, Norman entered into similar distribution agreements in France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Norman is presently represented more than 20 countries.

For further information, please contact

Bjørn Fosli, President and CEO of Norman ASA Tel: +47-67-10-97-00 Mobile phone: +47-90-51-84-68

Norman ASA is one of the world's leading companies within the field of data security. Norman offers high-quality products and services within the areas of risk analysis, virus control, access control, encryption and network security, data recovery and certified data erasure. Today, there are more than six millions users of Norman software. The company is represented by subsidiaries and strategic alliances in USA, Europe, Asia and Australia. Norman is headquartered at Lysaker outside Oslo, Norway.