-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 15 September 2008 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | OMX Nordic Exchange Copenhagen | | | Nikolaj Plads 6 | | | DK-1007 Copenhagen K | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Announcement No. 17/2008 Announcement pursuant to section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act and sec-tions 2 and 6(1) of the executive order on major shareholders Earlier today, Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s irrevocably gave Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) (“Handelsbanken”) the right to buy the company's portfolio of treasury shares, corre-sponding to 174,155 shares of DKK 20 nominal value, corresponding to 6.45 % of the share capital and the voting rights, at the price set out in the offer document published by Han-delsbanken on 15 September 2008. In order to exercise in full or in part its right to buy such shares from Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s, Handelsbanken must inform Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s thereof in writing, and any transfer must take place not later than three banking days after such written notice has been submitted to Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s. Furthermore, Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s has irrevocably undertaken not to sell its portfolio of treasury shares to any party other than Handelsbanken during the offer period and in a period of up to 30 days after the tender offer has been completed. With reference to section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act and section 2 of the execu-tive order on major shareholders, notice is hereby given that Handelsbanken today acquired 11,428 shares of DKK 20 nominal value in Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s, corresponding to shares with a nominal value of DKK 228,560. As a result, Handelsbanken owns 0.42% of the share capital and the voting rights of Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s. If Handelsbanken decides to exercise its option, Handelsbanken will subsequently own 6.87% of the share capital and the voting rights of Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s. Pursuant to article 7 of the articles of association, no shareholder - regardless of the size of such shareholder's stake - may exercise voting rights for shares with a nominal value of more than DKK 7,500. Yours sincerely, Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland a/s Executive Board Bruno Riis-Nielsen
Announcement pursuant to section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act and sec-tions 2 and 6(1) of the executive order on major shareholders
| Quelle: Lokalbanken i Nordsjælland A/S
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