APPENDIX TO AGENDA ITEMS 8 AND 9 RECOMMENDATION FROM THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE

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1 Norsk Hydro ASA Drammensveien Oslo APPENDIX TO AGENDA ITEMS 8 AND 9 RECOMMENDATION FROM THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE Ordinary election of members and alternate members to the Corporate Assembly 2014 The company's Corporate Assembly consists of eighteen members. Twelve of the members and four alternates for these are elected by the General Meeting, while six of the members and alternates for these are elected by and from the employees in Hydro. The Corporate Assembly elects its own chair and deputy chair. Providing the General Meeting has approved the proposal to amend the Articles of Association, the company's Corporate Assembly, chair and deputy chair may be elected for a term up to two years. The Corporate Assembly shall oversee that the company's mission is carried out in accordance with legislation, Articles of Association and resolutions of the General Meeting and Corporate Assembly. The Corporate Assembly elects the company's Board of Directors and determines their remuneration. The Corporate Assembly may adopt recommendations to the Board of Directors on any matter. Upon proposal from the Board of Directors, the Corporate Assembly shall adopt resolutions in matters concerning investments that are substantial in scope in relation to company resources or rationalization of or restructuring of operations that will entail major changes to or redeployment of the work force. The Nomination Committee addressed the composition of the Corporate Assembly including alternates in several meetings. Furthermore the Nomination Committee has had conversations with representatives of the company's main shareholders. Information on how shareholders may provide input to the Nomination Committee has been available on the company website. In connection with the upcoming election, the Nomination Committee has emphasized continuity as well as renewal among the Corporate Assembly's members. The Nomination Committee has sought to maintain a broad representation from the company's shareholders and other relevant stakeholders with expertise in, areas such as technology, finance, research and corporate social responsibility. The Nomination Committee has also emphasized a balanced gender representation. Election of members to the Corporate Assembly At the company's General Meeting in 2012, the following members of the Corporate Assembly were elected for a term of two years: Elected from: Alternate member from: Siri Teigum (chair)* Leif Teksum (deputy chair)**

2 Page 2 of 7 Idar Kreutzer Lars Tronsgaard Sten-Arthur Sælør Anne-Margrethe Firing Terje Venold Unni Steinsmo Tove Wangensten Anne Kverneland Bogsnes Birger Solberg Anne-Kristin Sydnes * Chair of the Corporate Assembly since 2008 ** Deputy chair since 2008 Anne-Kristin Sydnes stepped down from the Corporate Assembly in July, Siri Teigum and Lars Tronsgaard have given notice that they will not stand for re-election and will step down from the Corporate Assembly in conjunction with the upcoming election. The remaining members are up for election. The Nomination Committee recommends the re-election of: Leif Teksum Idar Kreutzer Sten-Arthur Sælør Anne-Margrethe Firing Terje Venold Unni Steinsmo Tove Wangensten Anne Kverneland Bogsnes Birger Solberg Furthermore the Nomination Committee also recommends the following persons as new members of the Corporate Assembly: Alternate member from: Susanne Munch Thore Nils Bastiansen - Shahzad Abid Background information on Munch Tore, Bastiansen and Abid is attached. Assuming that the General Meeting has approved the proposal to amend the company's Articles of Association, the Corporate Assembly may elect its own chair and deputy chair for a term up to two years.

3 Page 3 of 7 The Nomination Committee recommends to the Corporate Assembly that: Leif Teksum is elected as chair and Terje Venold is elected as deputy chair of the Corporate Assembly. (Teksum and Venold excused themselves from the Nomination Committee's discussion on the chair and deputy chair positions respectively.) Election of alternate members to the Corporate Assembly At the company's General Meeting in 2012, the following alternate members of the Corporate Assembly were elected for a term of two years: Elected from: Kristin Færøvik 2010 Shahzad Abid 2012 Susanne Munch Thore 2012 Jan Fredrik Meling 2012 Kristin Færøvik has given notice that she will not stand for re-election and will step down as alternate member of the Corporate Assembly in conjunction with the upcoming election. Shahzad Abid and Susanne Munch Thore are proposed as new regular members of the Corporate Assembly. The Nomination Committee recommends election of the following persons as alternate members of the Corporate Assembly: Jan Fredrik Meling (re-election) Ylva Lindberg Berit Ledel Henriksen Jorunn Sætre Background information on Lindberg, Henriksen and Sætre is attached. The Nomination Committee proposes that: All elections to the Corporate Assembly are for a term of two years, pursuant to Section 7 of the company's Articles of Association. Ordinary election of the Nominating Committee Pursuant to Section 5A of the Articles of Association, the Nomination Committee consists of four members who are shareholders or representatives of shareholders. The members of the

4 Page 4 of 7 Nomination Committee, including its chair, are elected by the General Meeting. The chair of the Nomination Committee and at least one other member shall be elected from among the shareholder-elected members of the Corporate Assembly. Assuming that the General Meeting has approved the proposal to amend the company's Articles of Association, the members of the Nomination Committee may be elected for a term up to two years. The Nomination Committee makes its recommendation to the General Meeting regarding the shareholders election of members and deputy members to the Corporate Assembly, and regarding remuneration to the members of the Corporate Assembly. The Nomination Committee makes its recommendation to the General Meeting regarding the election of the members, the chair of the Nomination Committee and regarding remuneration to its members. The Nomination Committee makes its recommendation to the Corporate Assembly regarding the election of the shareholders representatives to the Board of Directors and regarding remuneration to members of the Board of Directors. Guidelines for the Nomination Committee were established by the General Meeting in The guidelines are available on At the General Meeting in 2012, the following persons were elected as members of the Nomination Committee: Member of the Nomination Committee from: Siri Teigum 2001* Leif Teksum 2008 Terje Venold 2012 Mette I. Wikborg 2008 * Chair since 2008 Siri Teigum has given notice that she will not stand for re-election and will step down from the Nomination Committee in conjunction with the forthcoming election. The remaining members are now up for election. The Nomination Committee recommends re-election of: Leif Teksum Terje Venold Mette I. Wikborg The Nomination Committee recommends to the General Meeting that: Leif Teksum is elected as chair of the Nomination Committee.

5 Page 5 of 7 Furthermore, it is recommended that: Susanne Munch Thore is elected as a new member of the Nomination Committee. Background information on Munch Thore is attached. The Nomination Committee recommends that: All elections to the Nomination Committee are for a term of two years, pursuant to Section 5A of the company's Articles of Association. (Teksum, Venold and Wikborg excused themselves from the Nomination Committee's discussion on the chair and member positions respectively.) *** The Nomination Committee considers all candidates recommended for election to the Corporate Assembly and Nomination Committee to be independent of the company's Board of Directors and Corporate Management Board, as required under Chapter 8 of the Norwegian Code of Practice for Corporate Governance, issued by the Norwegian Corporate Governance Board (NUES in Norwegian.) *** Background information on the current members of the Corporate Assembly and Nomination Committee is available on Oslo, 20 March 2014 Siri Teigum Leif Teksum Terje Venold Mette I. Wikborg

6 Page 6 of 7 APPENDIX TO THE NOMINATION COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION The proposed new members of the Corporate Assembly have the following backgrounds: Susanne Munch Thore (1960) studied law at the University of Oslo and has a Master's degree (LL.M) from Georgetown University, USA. She is the Managing Partner in the Oslo law firm Wikborg Rein where she is part of the firm's corporate law practice. She has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer and assists clients that are in the financial sector, listed companies and private equity funds. Munch Thore is head of the Bar Association's committee for exchange and securities law. She serves on the boards of Oslo Areal AS and Unifor. Nils H. Bastiansen (1960) has a business economist degree from the Oslo School of Business Administration and a Master of International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management, Arizona, USA. He is also a certified financial analyst. Bastiansen has previously worked as a stockbroker in Unibank Securities in Copenhagen and DnB Funds in Oslo. Bastiansen has been with the National Insurance Fund since 1995 and is now Director, Equities. Shahzad Abid(1969) holds a Master of Science from the Norwegian School of Management (BI) and a Bachelor of Arts (Cand. Mag) from the University of Oslo. He has working experience from Nokia, Telenor and Vestas. During and , Abid held senior positions at Nokia Networks / Nokia Siemens Networks, including as Marketing Director, Middle East & Africa. In the period , Abid was Vice President Sales & Marketing at Telenor Conax. Since 2010, Abid has been CEO of OCAS AS, a Norwegian technology company acquired by Vestas Wind Systems. The proposed new alternate members of the Corporate Assembly have the following backgrounds: Ylva Lindberg (1974) is Managing Director of SIGLA. She has more than 15 years of business experience, including as a marketing manager in Orkla, equity analyst at KLP Asset Management and consultant at McKinsey & Company. She has extensive expertise in strategy, sustainability and marketing in Scandinavia and Russia. Ylva has a Bachelor's degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University, is a member of the Council on Ethics for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Global and serves on the board of WWF-Norway. Ylva is also Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership where leaders of major international companies attend courses in sustainability. Berit Ledel Henriksen (1953) holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Mathematics from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She has work experience from Esso Chemical Canada, Osco Shipping AS and Osco Invest AS. Since 1985, Henriksen held various international management positions in DnB. Since 2010, Henriksen has been Executive Vice President, Global Head of Energy in DnB's energy division.

7 Page 7 of 7 Jorunn Sætre (1956) has an engineering degree from Bergen University College. She has work experience from the European Research Centre in the Netherlands, Tananger and Applied Technology in Houston, USA. In the period , Sætre served in various management positions in Halliburton, most recently as Vice President of Global Production Enhancement. Since 2013 she has worked in AGR as Rig Team Leader in Norway. Background information for Susanne Munch Thore, who is proposed as a new member of the nomination committee, is provided above. * * *