Before Christmas, Nykredit was granted approval to pre-issue mortgage bonds in order that Totalkredit and Nykredit could grant loans until and including 20 June 2008 on the basis of loan offers made under the previous mortgage legislation. In total, Totalkredit and Nykredit have used 33% of the pre-issued bonds. Pre-issued bonds not used to fund loans will be cancelled as from 27 June 2008. The DKK-denominated amount of bonds to be cancelled totals DKK 40bn, and the EUR-denominated amount of bonds totals EUR 1bn. Please refer to the attached appendix for a list of the ISINs cancelled. Questions may be directed to Henrik Hjortshøj-Nielsen, Executive Vice President, Group Treasury, tel +45 44 55 10 40, Morten Bækmand, Head of Funding, Group Treasury, tel +45 44 55 15 21, or Nels Petersen, Head of Corporate Communications, tel +45 44 55 14 70/+45 20 22 22 72.