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Let \(X\) and \(Y\) be complex Banach spaces with \(L(X,Y)\) the space of all bounded linear operators from \(X\) into \(Y\). Assume that \(Y\) contains no subspace isomorphic to \(c_0\). Let \(\mathcal A\) be an algebra of subsets of a non-empty set. In this paper the author proves that given a finitely additive, operator-valued function \(\mu : {\mathcal A}\to L(X,Y)\) such that \(y'\mu x : {\mathcal A}\to{\mathbb C}\) is bounded and countably additive on \(\mathcal A\) for each \(x\in X\) and \(y'\in Y'\), there exists a unique \(\hat{\mu} : \Sigma\to L(X,Y)\) extending \(\mu\) such that \(\hat{\mu}\) is countably additive with respect to the strong operator topology on the \(\sigma\)-algebra \(\Sigma\) generated by \(\mathcal A\). This extends the result of \textit{I. Kluvanek} and \textit{M. Kovarikova} [Czech. Math. J. 17(92), 248--256 (1967; Zbl 0159.19603)] to Banach spaces which contain no copy of \(c_0\). The author also indicates an application of the above extension theorem to the product of spectral measures.