Harbinger Group Acquires Shares of North American Energy Partners

Harbinger Group HRG announced that it acquired in open market purchases on the New York Stock Exchange on August 12, 2011, an aggregate of 60,000 common shares of North American Energy Partners NOA, 50,000 at a price of $5.10 per Share and 10,000 at a price of $5.11. These 60,000 Shares represented approximately 0.17% of the outstanding Shares. Together with the Shares previously acquired by the Company, the Company holds an aggregate of 4,428,721 Shares, representing approximately 12.22% of the outstanding Shares. All Shares owned by the Company are held in the name of HGI Funding, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.