Reduction of share of ownership and share of votes in connection with rights issue. Pursuant to section 55 of the Danish Companies Act and section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act, we hereby inform you that the Spar Nord Fonden has today stated that in connection with the implementation of Spar Nord Bank A/S’ rights issue, it has reduced its ownership share in Spar Nord Bank A/S to the following: Shares: 23,273,723 Percentage of share capital: 20.4% Votes: 23,273,723 Poll: 20.4% Yours sincerely Spar Nord Bank A/S Contacts: Lasse Nyby, CEO, tel.: +45 96 34 40 11 Ole Madsen, Head of Communication, tel.: +45 96 34 40 10