New DnB NORD Banka Supervisory elected; decision to delist DnB NORD Banka shares from NASDAQ OMX Riga taken

On September 28, 2009 during the extraordinary meeting of shareholders of DnB
NORD Banka, the new Supervisory council of DnB NORD Banka was elected. The
Supervisory council now consists of: Thomas Bürkle, Torstein Hagen, Christoph
Dieng, Michael Kiesewetter, Jarle Mortensen and Tony Samuelsen. 

In addition, a decision to delist the shares of DnB NORD Banka from the Baltic
Secondary List of NASDAQ OMX Riga was made.  In accordance with the provisions
of Law on the Financial Instruments Market, the largest shareholder of DnB NORD
Banka - Bank DnB NORD A/S - plans to combine a mandatory takeover bid and final
takeover bid. The main shareholder is committed to ensuring DnB NORD Banka
continues to receive all necessary funding. 

Bank DnB NORD A/S, the joint venture between Norway's largest financial company
DnB NOR and Northern Germany largest bank NORD/LB, own more than 99.9% of the
shares of DnB NORD Banka.