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DNBNOR - NEW DATE FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

DNBNOR - NEW DATE FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of DnB NOR ASA will be moved to http://www.newsweb.no/index.asp?melding_ID=91610 29 April 2004 at 2.00 pm. Due to an error on the part of one of DnB NOR ASA's subcontractors, Posten Norge AS, the notice of the General Meeting was not distributed in time to hold the Annual General Meeting on 27 April 2004. The Annual General Meeting of DnB NOR ASA will be moved to 29 April 2004 at 2.00 pm. Due to an error on the part of one of DnB NOR ASA's subcontractors, Posten Norge AS, the notice of the General Meeting was not distributed in time to hold the Annual General Meeting on 27 April 2004. To fulfil the requirement in Section 5-10 of the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act regarding the deadline for sending the notice, shareholders in DnB NOR ASA are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday, 29 April 2004 at 2.00 pm at the Hotel Bristol, Kristian IV's gt 7, Oslo. Enclosed on www.newsweb.no is the new notice of the Annual General Meeting in DnB NOR ASA and the notice presented earlier. We regret that it has not been possible to prepare a completely new notice, including new registration and proxy forms. However, this was not feasible due to the time element and the requirement in the Articles of Association to hold the General Meeting by the end of April. Shareholders are thus asked to disregard the date and time set in the notice, annual report, registration and proxy forms presented earlier. Registration and proxy forms with the original date for the General Meeting will be accepted. The items on the agenda and details on the items are presented in the notice presented earlier. Please note that the Board of Directors will propose two minor changes in item 5 in consequence of the postponement of the General Meeting. The changes imply that dividends will be distributed to registered shareholders as at 29 April 2004 and that the shares in DnB NOR ASA will be quoted ex- dividend on 30 April 2004.

DNBNOR - DNB NOR DECIDES ON PREMISES FOR BRANCH OFFICES

DNBNOR - DNB NOR DECIDES ON PREMISES FOR BRANCH OFFICES

DnB NOR has now selected the premises for its future branch http://www.newsweb.no/index.asp?melding_ID=91697 offices. The coordination of the branches will start in September 2004 and be completed in the summer of 2005. As stipulated by the Norwegian Competition Authority, 53 premises currently used as branch offices will be placed on the open market for sale or rent within 1 January 2006. DnB NOR has now selected the premises for its future branch offices. The coordination of the branches will start in September 2004 and be completed in the summer of 2005. As stipulated by the Norwegian Competition Authority, 53 premises currently used as branch offices will be placed on the open market for sale or rent within 1 January 2006. The new local bank DnB NOR Bank's future branches will offer customers a full range of banking services, including financing as well as investment advisory services provided by a highly competent staff. By the summer of 2005, all DnB NOR branch offices will appear in new design. 'DnB NOR aims to be the entire country's local bank, offering a full range of products from the DnB NOR Group. Decisions will be made locally - in close proximity to the customer,' says group executive vice president Åsmund Skår. Available office space will be sold In 53 places throughout the country, DnB and Gjensidige NOR's branch offices are located so close to each other that activities will be coordinated under one roof. A number of factors were taken into consideration in deciding on future offices, including location and market conditions, the size and technical standard of the premises, and whether the premises are owned or rented by the bank. When all of the offices have been combined, DnB NOR will have a total of 215 branch offices and 33 business centres nationwide, a much higher number than either of the two banks had on their own. In addition to the branch offices, customers will be served from 25 investment centres, by telephone and over the Internet. The terms stipulated by the Competition Authority require DnB NOR to sell the available office space to competing banks. The branch offices will be placed on the open market for sale or rent within 1 January 2006.

DNBNOR - DNB NOR OPENS BRANCH IN HELSINKI

DNBNOR - DNB NOR OPENS BRANCH IN HELSINKI

DnB NOR, Norway's largest financial services group, today http://www.newsweb.no/index.asp?melding_ID=92039 opens a branch office in Helsinki, thus completing DnB NOR's Nordic network for corporate customers. DnB NOR already has offices in Copenhagen and Stockholm. DnB NOR, Norway's largest financial services group, today opens a branch office in Helsinki, thus completing DnB NOR's Nordic network for corporate customers. DnB NOR already has offices in Copenhagen and Stockholm. 'The Group's strategy is to be the best financial partner for Norwegian companies and the preferred partner for international customers doing business in Norway. Parallel to this, we wish to team up with Norwegian companies with operations outside Norway. Finland and Norway have a history of flourishing trade relations. Today, there is mutual cooperation between a large number of companies in both countries. The establishment of DnB NOR in Finland must therefore be seen as a logical step,' says Svein Aaser, group chief executive in DnB NOR, in connection with the opening of the branch office. 'The branch in Finland is a full-service office offering a complete range of day-to-day banking services for corporate customers. DnB NOR in Helsinki will start operations with a core customer and market-oriented staff, which will link customers to DnB NOR's Nordic network. Among other things, DnB NOR is one of the primary providers of cross-border payment services in the Nordic region,' says Vidar Johannesen, head of DnB NOR Finland. DnB NOR is Norway's largest financial services group, with combined total assets of around NOK 1,200 billion (EUR 141.5 billion). The Group has more than two million retail customers, around 150,000 corporate customers and more than 700,000 life insurance customers. DnB NOR's operations are based on more than 180 years' experience as a supplier of financial services in Norway. In addition to Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen, DnB NOR has offices in Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Murmansk, Cairo, Santiago and Rio de Janeiro.

DNBNOR - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 29 APRIL 2004

DNBNOR - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 29 APRIL 2004

The Annual General Meeting in DnB NOR ASA on 29 April 2004 http://www.newsweb.no/index.asp?melding_ID=92443 approved the Board of Directors' proposal for the 2003 annual report and accounts, including the distribution of a dividend for 2003 of NOK 2.20 per share to registered shareholders as at 29 April 2004, to be distributed as from 14 May 2004. The Annual General Meeting authorised the Board of Directors of DnB NOR ASA to acquire own shares for a total face value of up to NOK 1 309 027 207, corresponding to 10 per cent of share capital. After the Board presented its proposal, the share capital has been increased to NOK 13 219 571 140, which means that the authorisation represents 9.9 per cent of the share capital. The shares may be purchased through the stock market and/or from the Ministry of Trade and Industry at market price, or through an organised repurchase from private investors or the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Each share may be purchased at prices between NOK 10 and NOK 70. The authorisation is valid for a period of 12 months from today's date. Acquired shares shall be sold as found appropriate by the Board of Directors, or redeemed following a proposal by the Board of Directors in accordance with regulations on the reduction of capital. The General Meeting approved the amendments to the Articles of Association proposed by the Board of Directors.

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