Reduction of equity interest and voting interest after completion of merger Pursuant to section 29(1), 3rd sentence, of the Danish Securities Trading Act, we hereby announce that following completion of the merger between Spar Nord Bank A/S and Sparbank A/S, with Spar Nord Bank A/S as the continuing bank, the Spar Nord Foundation disclosed today that it has reduced its equity interest in Spar Nord Bank A/S as follows: · Shares: 23,273,723 shares of nominally DKK 10, equal to 18.5% of the share capital of Spar Nord Bank A/S. · Votes: 23,273,723, corresponding to 18.5% of the votes in Spar Nord Bank A/S. Please direct any questions you may have to Ole Madsen, SVP Corporate Communication, who can be reached on tel. +45 9634 4010.