DnB NORD Bankas AB - Notification on material event

Fitch Ratings affirms AB DnB NORD Bankas ratings, changes outlook

On 9 April 2009  Fitch Ratings affirmed 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)  long-term issuer's default rating A ,short term issuer's default
rating F1, individual rating C/D and the support rating 1. The agency revised
its AB DnB NORD Bankas long-term issuer's default rating outlook to negative
from stable following the downgrade of the long-term foreign currency issuer
default rating for the Republic of Lithuania to BBB/Negative outlook on 8 April
2009. 

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