DnB NORD Bankas AB - Notification on material event

Regarding the start of the second stage of placement of the share issue

AB DnB NORD Bankas, company code 112029270, VAT payer code LT120292716,
registered office  at J. Basanavičiaus St. 26, Vilnius, data is collected and
stored at the Register of Legal Entities, (hereinafter - the “Bank”) hereby
informs that the first stage of placement of new 571 014 ordinary registered
shares of AB DnB NORD Bankas carried out according to the share issue
prospectus approved by the Securities Commission of the Republic of Lithuania
on 28 May 2009  (Statement of Approval No. 4R-11) ends on 18 June 2009.

The second share placement stage shall start on 19 June 2009 and shall take 10
calendar days. The shareholders, who had concluded the share subscription
agreements during the first stage of placement, shall be entitled to submit
applications for acquisition of the shares outstanding after the first stage.
Information about the amount of shares outstanding after the first stage shall
be announced on the Bank's website (www.dnbnord.lt) and submitted to the news
agencies BNS and ELTA before commencement of the second stage. 

The detailed terms and conditions of the share issue are provided in the share
issue prospectus, which is accessible and a free copy of which is available at
the Legal Unit of the Bank, J. Basanavičiaus St. 26, Vilnius, on business days
from 9 a.m. till 11 a.m. and from 2 p.m. till 4 p.m. and on the Bank‘s website
(www.dnbnord.lt).  Telephone No. for more information: (8-5) 239 3507, (8-5)
239 3511. 

Andrius Vilkancas
Press officer
+370 5 2393 413