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ORK - Trade subject to notification
13.12.2001: Orkla's Financial Investements area has on the 13th of December 2001 bought 22,150 shares in Elkem ASA at a price of NOK 149 per share.
After this transaction Orkla including subsidiaries owns 15,721,501 Elkem-shares, representing 31.9% of the share capital.



See enclosed PDF.file
Ref.: Erik Thuestad, AVP Investor Relations, Tel.: +47 22544425


Date: 14. dec 2001 Kl 09.12