- Date of transaction 16 May 2008

Auðkenni útgefanda/Trade ticker:
SKIPTI

Nafn útgefanda/Issuer:
Skipti hf.

Dagsetning tilkynningar/Date of announcement:
16. maí 2008 / 16 May 2008

Nafn fruminnherja/Name primary insider:
Exista hf.

Tengsl fruminnherja við útgefanda/Insider's relation with the issuer:
Exista hf. fer með ráðandi eignarhlut í Skiptum hf. / Exista hf. has a
controlling interest in Skipti hf. 

Dagsetning viðskipta/Date of transaction:
16. maí 2008 / 16 May 2008

Tímasetning viðskipta/Time of transaction:
16:00 / 4:00pm

Tegund fjármálagernings/Type of financial instrument:
Hlutabréf / Equities

Kaup eða sala/Buy or Sell:
Kaup / Buy

Fjöldi hluta/Number of shares:
40.216.998 / 40,216,998

Verð pr. Hlut/Price per share:
6,64 / 6.64

Fjöldi hluta í eigu fruminnherja eftir viðskipti/Primary insider's holdings
after the transaction: 
4.154.288.596 / 4,154,288,596

Fjöldi hluta sem fruminnherji á kauprétt að/Primary insider's option holdings
after the transaction: 
0 / 0

Fjöldi hluta fjárhagslega tengdra aðila eftir viðskipti/Related parties'
holdings after the transaction: 
3.218.443.123 / 3,218,443,123

Dagsetning lokauppgjörs*/Date of settlement*:
Innan fimm viðskiptadaga frá lokum yfirtökutilboðs 26. maí 2008. / Within five
business days from the closing of the offer period 26 May 2008. 

Athugasemdir*/Comments*:
Viðskiptin eru gerð á grundvelli yfirtökutilboðs Exista hf. í alla hluti Skipta
hf. sem birt var fimmtudaginn 27. mars 2008. / The transaction is based on
Exista's takeover bid for all the share capital in Skipti, published on
Thursday 27 March 2008.