Glitnir announces financial results for Q2 2008



Glitnir  will  host  the  following  presentations  and  webcasts  in
connection with the publication of the Group's results for the  first
half of  2008.  An  English  version  of  the  presentation  will  be
available at www.glitnirbank.com on the morning of Friday August  1st
from 7:30 a.m. (8:30 GMT).

Presentation in Reykjavík, Iceland and webcast
Lárus Welding, CEO will present Glitnir's results to shareholders and
market participants on Friday, August 1st, at 9 a.m. (10 a.m. GMT) at
the Nordica  Hilton Hotel  in rooms  H  and I.  The meeting  will  be
conducted in English. A live broadcast of the meeting can be accessed
on Glitnir's corporate website, www.glitnirbank.com, where  questions
can be submitted to the meeting via webcast.

Presentation in London, UK
Lárus  Welding,  CEO  and  Rósant  Már  Torfason,  CFO  will  present
Glitnir's results to market participants  on Tuesday August 5th at  4
p.m. (GMT) at the Andaz Hotel in the Great Eastern Room(first floor),
40 Liverpool Street, London ECM2 7QN.

Registration: Please pre-register by e-mail to IR@glitnir.is

Booking media interviews:
To book  media interviews,  please  contact Bjørn  Richard  Johansen,
Managing   Director,   Corporate   Communications,   by   e-mail   to
brj@glitnir.no or mobile +47 47 800 100.

For further information:
Sigrún Hjartardóttir,
Head of Investor Relations,
Phone: +354 440 4748 or mobile: +354 844 4748,
E-mail: SiHj@glitnir.is

About Glitnir Bank
Glitnir is a Nordic bank, with headquarters in Iceland and operations
in ten countries. Our home markets are Iceland and Norway, where we
offer a broad range of financial services, including corporate
banking, investment banking, capital markets, investment management
and retail banking. Outside of our home markets we have operations in
Finland, Sweden, UK, Luxembourg, US, Canada, China and Russia. We
will furthermore open an office in India in the second half of 2008.
Our international expansion is mainly driven by two specialized
industry sectors - seafood and sustainable energy - in which we have
developed significant industry expertise built on our Icelandic and
Norwegian heritage. Our shares are listed on NasdaqOMX in Iceland
under the symbol GLB. For more information, please visit:
www.glitnirbank.com