- Glitnir Property Holding; Completion of the Leimdörfer transaction


Reykjavik/Stockholm/Oslo/Helsinki, 5 July 2007 - Glitnir Property Holding AS
has today completed the acquisition of 91% of the shares in Leimdörfer Holding
AB. Leimdörfer is a leading Swedish commercial real estate adviser operating
mainly in the Swedish and Finnish property market. Before the transaction
Glitnir Property Holding owns 100% of Glitnir Property Group, the leading
Norwegian commercial real estate adviser, located in Oslo, focusing on larger
corporate transactions, syndication and financing advisory in the commercial
real estate business. 

After the transaction Glitnir Property Holding will be a leading adviser in the
Nordic commercial real estate market, its subsidiaries having offices in Oslo,
Stockholm and Helsinki. Combined pro forma transaction value of Glitnir
Property Holding for 2006 was approximately EUR 5 billion. Glitnir Property
Holding is owned by Glitnir Bank (70%) and the former partners of UNION
Gruppen, Union Eiendomskapital and Leimdörfer (30%). Peter Leimdörfer will be
the Managing Director of the new company. 


About Glitnir Property Holding

Glitnir Property Holding is a holding company that owns 100% of the shares in
Glitnir Property Group AS and 91% of the shares in Leimdörfer Holding AB.
Glitnir Property Holding is owned by Glitnir Bank (70%) and the former partners
of UNION Gruppen, Union Eiendomskapital and Leimdörfer (30%) 


About Leimdörfer

Leimdörfer is a leading adviser in the Nordic property market. Since Leimdörfer
was founded in 1992, the company has built a solid track record of successfully
executed transactions in the Nordic property market. By combining cutting edge
financial skills with in-depth insight into the Nordic property market,
Leimdörfer offers a unique set of property related financial and strategic
advisory services. Leimdörfer offers advisory services across the following
areas: Property Transactions (EUR 13+ billion in successfully executed property
transactions), Corporate Finance (lead financial adviser in 10 of the last 18
public-to-private property transactions in Sweden), Property Finance arranging 
(EUR 1+ billion of financing arranged), Strategic Advisory (25+ independent
advisory mandates since 2000), Leimdörfer operates in the Nordic property
markets, with offices in Stockholm and Helsinki and a team of 40 employees. 
For more information: www.leimdorfer.com.


About Glitnir Property Group

Glitnir Property Group is located in Oslo and is the leading Norwegian
commercial real estate adviser and successfully focuses on syndication and
financing advisory. The company owns Glitnir Norsk Næringsmegling AS, UNION
Eiendomskapital AS and Glitnir Real Estate AS, with a total of 30 employees.
Glitnir Norsk Næringsmegling, with 17 employees, is the leading Norwegian
commercial real estate adviser. The company acted as adviser  in transactions
totaling approximately EUR 1.5 billion in 2006, and had a turnover of EUR 18
million. UNION Eiendomskapital manages one of Norway's largest real estate
funds, Storebrand Eiendomsfond and have a total under property fund management
of approximately EURO 1 billion. UNION Eiendomskapital has 10 employees and had
a turnover of EUR 7 million in 2006. 


About Glitnir

The financial group Glitnir offers universal banking and financial services.
Glitnir is a leading niche player in three global industry segments;
seafood/food, sustainable energy, and offshore services vessels. Services
include retail, corporate and investment banking, stock trade/brokerage and
capital management. Glitnir considers Iceland and Norway its home markets. The
Glitnir group has operations in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the
UK, Luxembourg, Russia, Canada and China and plans to open a US office in New
York in the fall of 2007. Glitnir is listed on the Icelandic Stock Exchange.
For more information: www.glitnirbank.com 


For more information:

Press release of 17 April 2007:
http://www.glitnir.is/English/AboutGlitnir/News/?ItemId=1085 

Peter Leimdörfer, Managing Director and partner, Glitnir Property Holding,
mobile +46 70 567 91 44, e-mail: peter.leimdorfer@leimdorfer.se 

Bjørn Richard Johansen, Managing Director, Corporate Communication, Glitnir,
e-mail: brj@glitnir.no, mobile +47 47 800 100 

For more photos, please contact: akj@glitnir.no