Rekstrarfélag Kaupþings banka hf. - Company Announcement

ICEQ verðbréfasjóður - request that unit shares be removed from trading

Kaupthing Bank Asset Management Company, which operates the ICEQ
verðbréfasjóður, has today submitted a request to NASDAQ OMX Exchange Iceland
hf. that the fund's unit shares be removed from trading on NASDAQ OMX as
quickly as possible. 

For further information please contact Sigthór Jónsson, Fund Manager, on +354
444 6954, sigthor.jonsson@rkb.is