DnB NORD Bankas AB - Notification on material event

DnB NOR acquires all shares in DnB NORD

AB DnB NORD Bankas, company code 112029270, VAT payer code LT120292716,
registered office at J. Basanavičiaus St. 26, Vilnius, the data is collected
and stored at the Register of Legal Entities, is notified, that on December 23,
2010, Norway's DnB NOR Bank ASA has acquired 49 per cent of the shares in Bank
DnB NORD A/S, previously owned by Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
(NORD/LB), and from this date will own 100 per cent of the shares. Bank DnB
NORD A/S, registered in Denmark, is the sole shareholder of AB DnB NORD Bankas,
therefore DnB NOR Bank ASA while acquiring the block of shares in Bank DnB NORD
A/S, has increased indirect control of AB DnB NORD Bankas from 51 per cent to
100 per cent. 




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