Oslo, 25 August 2020: Reference is made to Yara’s second-quarter 2020 report, where Yara stated it will initiate a buyback of 5% of share capital upon completion and receipt of the Qafco proceeds. Yara has now received the USD 1 billion Qafco proceeds and will consequently initiate a share buy-back program to buy back up to 8,551,880 of its shares outstanding in the open market. Including the proportional redemption of shares owned by the Norwegian state, the total buyback and redemption will amount to approximately 5.0% (13,406,611 shares) of shares outstanding.