- Statement from Exista following the decision of the stock exchange


Exista is surprised by the December 20 decision by the NASDAQ OMX Exchange in
Iceland as the decision utterly ignores the Company's arguments in this matter.
According to the Exchange's decision, Exista was to initiate a registration
process for new shares in a class that the Exchange had previously agreed to
remove from trading and for which an Exista shareholders' meeting had requested
the immediate delisting. It is difficult to see how such a registration process
would have served the interests of investors and shareholders. Furthermore,
Exista has made an effort to disclose the Company's uncertain situation to
investors insofar as is possible, without issuing untimely estimates and
conjectures about the conceivable outcome of discussions in which the Company
is currently engaged with dozens of domestic and foreign financial
institutions. Exista is convinced that, in so doing, it has fulfilled its
obligation to engage in responsible disclosure of information to investors.
Therefore, Exista disagrees with the Exchange's decision but does not wish to
make further statements about it at this time.