2009-01-12 17:53:57 CET

2009-01-12 17:54:33 CET


REGULATED INFORMATION

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Kaupþing banki hf. - Company Announcement

- Fitch Ratings will no longer provide ratings of Kaupthing 



The ratings agency Fitch Ratings has announced that it will no longer
provide ratings or analytical coverage of Kaupthing and its UK
subsidiary, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander. Fitch has also affirmed
and simultaneously withdrawn the ratings of the banks.

See further in the attached notice from Fitch Ratings