"Following Norges Bank's decision to increase the key policy rate by 0.25
percentage points at the monetary policy meeting on 3 November, DNB?has decided
to increase the interest rate on home mortgages and deposits by up to 0.25
percentage points," says Ingjerd Blekeli Spiten, Group EVP for the personal
customer market in DNB.

DNB wants to help young people enter the housing market, and the bank offers
young people who buy their first home our best floating rate of 3.64 per cent.
Furthermore, we have strengthened our advisory services targeted at this
customer group.

All customers whose interest rates are adjusted will be given information in the
online bank or receive a letter by regular mail, explaining how this affects
them.?The new interest rates will apply to new mortgages and deposits from 8
November, and to existing home mortgages and deposits from 19 December.

For more information, please contact:

Rune Helland, head of Investor Relations: (+47) 23 26 84 00 / (+47) 97 71 32 50

Line Schartum Ringheim, Communications advisor: (+47) 92 44 93 83

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements according to Section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.