Mandatory notification of trade - share program

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA has today sold 83.987 Kongsberg shares at a price of NOK 120,00 as a result of an employee share program.After the sale Kongsberg Gruppen ASA owns 18.560 Kongsberg shares. A total of 378 employees have been assigned shares. The maximum number of shares per employee was 250. The shares will be transferred to each employees VPS account around 23. June 2006.