DnB NORD Bankas AB - Notification on material event

Regarding an increase of reserve capital

This is to notify that on 11 October 2011 the reserve capital of AB DnB NORD
Bankas,company code 112029270, VAT payer's code LT120292716, registered office
at J. Basanavičiaus St. 26, Vilnius, the data is collected and stored at the
Register of Legal Entities, (hereinafter - the Bank) was increased by EUR 105.5
million (LTL 364.3 million) by monetary contribution of the Bank's sole
shareholder Norway's DnB NOR Bank ASA. The reserve capital was increased due to
the planned early repayment of nine subordinated loans. The largest
subordinated loan amounts will be repaid by the Bank to Denmark-based Bank DnB
NORD A/S and Norway's DnB NOR Bank ASA on 12 October. 

It is estimated, that as the result of the increase in the reserve capital and
repayment of all the subordinated loans the Bank's capital will increase by LTL
95.1 million (EUR 27.5 million) and its capital adequacy ratio will go up by
1.14 percentage points to 13.5 percent as at the end of 2011. The Bank group's
capital adequacy ratio will increase  to 15 percent. 



Bjørnar Lund,

 the president and the chairman of the Management Boar of AB DnB NORD Bankas








         Press Officer of AB DnB NORD Bankas Andrius Vilkancas is authorised to
provide additional information on the material event, tel. +370 5  239 3413