Stock Exchange Announcement 1 - 2008 OMX, The Copenhagen Stock Exchange 11. January 2008 Holding of own shares Forstædernes Bank has increased its holding of own shares to a total of 935.073 shares of a nominal value of DKK 25 each, equivalent to 5.0084 % of the share capital. The most recent notice on the bank's holding of own shares was that of 1 November 2002, in which it was reported that as of that date, the bank's holding of own shares totaled 75,204 shares of a nominal value of DKK 100 each, equivalent to 2.01 % of the share capital at that time. The Executive Board -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact person: Steffen Torvits, Investor Relations and Communication Manager, tel. +45 22 22 20 36 This announcement has been issued both in Danish and English. In case of any discrepancies, the Danish version shall prevail.