Profit before tax DKK 634 million - annualised return on opening equity 26.1%

- Core earnings before impairment charges amounted to DKK 616m against DKK 574m
for the first quarter of 2007 
- Core earnings after impairment charges amounted to DKK 563m
- Other items totalled DKK 71m
- The solvency ratio was 11.1% (Tier 1: 9.6%)
- Loans and advances increased by 11% (exclusive of repo transactions) and
deposits by 18% (exclusive of pooled deposits) 
- The liquidity reserve amounted to DKK 28bn
- The forecast of core earnings before impairment charges for 2008 remains
unchanged