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Kongsberg Maritime/Kongsberg Mesotech 1598 Kebet Way

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Vancounver, Canada V3C 5M5

Tel: (604) 464-8144

Email: [email protected] www.kongsberg.com • www.kongsberg-mesotech.com

CEO: Nader Riahi (Kongsberg Mesotech)

President: Torfinn Kildal (Kongsberg Maritime)

Sales Manager: Gavin Cullimore (Kongsberg Mesotech - offshore)

Engineering Director: Max Muntner (Engineering Manager - Kongsberg

Mesotech)

Facility: Kongsberg Mesotech - Vancouver: Kongsberg Maritime - Horten and

Kongsberg, Norway, Aberdeen, Scotland: Kongsberg Seatex - Trondheim,

Norway

Square Footage: 20000 (Kongsberg Mesotech - Vancouver)

Testing Capabilities: (ie test banks, boats, pressure chambers):

Simrad Echo test boat and large pool in Horten Norway; Test tank in Port

Coquitlam and a test barge in Port Moody.

Number of employees: Kongsberg Maritime - 2510 in 25 countries (31. Dec. 2007)

Annual Sales (US$): Kongsberg Maritime - 2007 Operating revenues in

Offshore & merchant marine sector are $943.7m

Kongsberg Maritime is a global company providing innovative and reliable solutions for shipping, offshore, oil & gas, subsea, navy, coastal marine and fisheries, maritime training, port and harbor surveillance and more. The company delivers systems for positioning, surveying, nav- igation and automation, and is a market leader in dynam- ic positioning systems, automation and surveillance sys- tems, process automation, satellite navigation and hydroa- coustics. With integration of various systems a key driver,

Kongsberg Maritime prides itself on its ability to deliver the Full Picture to all of its markets.

Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company is present in 25 countries to ensure its ability to provide reli- able service at local level but as a global technology leader. With manufacturing facilities in Aberdeen,

Scotland; Horten, Norway; Kongsberg, Norway;

Trondheim, Norway and Vancouver, Canada, the company exceeds market requirements for a wide range of products and services, and is well known for its commitment to R&D.

Kongsberg Maritime's subsea department develops and markets single and multi beam echo sounders,

Sonar, Underwater Cameras and the HUGIN AUV.

Its solutions are used by the world's best survey ves- sels, operated by the top survey companies. Subsea product development and manufacturing takes place in Aberdeen, Horten and Vancouver. The company gives particular focus to this business segment in

North America with its Kongsberg Mesotech Ltd facility in Vancouver and the Kongsberg Maritime Inc., office in Houston, Texas, which is positioned to service survey and energy companies operating in and around the

Gulf of Mexico. Technology Profile: Kongsberg Maritime is committed to developing new and innovative products that use the latest technology and techniques to the oper- ational and economic benefit of its customers. The com- pany's multibeam echo sounder systems for seabed map- ping include models for all water depths, and virtually any application and the subsea department offers hydroa- coustic systems for all eventualities. In addition to the

Horten facility, Kongsberg Mesotech's Vancouver facility is responsible for the design and manufacture of under- water acoustic products, including: Imaging and Profiling

Mechanically Scanned Sonars; Multibeam Imaging

Sonars; and Altimeters. Kongsberg Maritime offers com- plete mapping systems, providing turn-key survey solu- tions including multibeam echo sounders connected to positioning equipment, heading and motion sensing instruments, as well as sound velocity sensors in order to position the soundings correctly. The entire package, including software is designed, manufacturer and often installed by Kongsberg Maritime. The company is also a leader in the field of underwater cameras and AUV devel- opment, counting several navies and the world's leading survey companies as customers of its HUGIN AUV. This cutting-edge AUV has been a key technology develop- ment area since 1990 and is used for a variety of civilian and military applications.

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Operating revenues in 2007 exceeded $943 million.

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