On Increase of Shareholders' Equity


In accordance with the permission of the Council of the Finance and Capital
Market Commission, JSC Trasta Komercbanka (TKB) has included its profit of the
first six months of the year in the amount of 6,858 thousand lats into the
shareholders' equity of the Bank. Replenishment of capital with six-month
profit is done every year, which is intended for fostering of Trasta
Komercbanka's position in the market and for strengthening the growth
potential. In addition, this way TKB has improved the capital adequacy
indicator that before the inclusion of the six-month profit considerably
exceeded the standard established in Latvia (8%), and after the increase of
capital this indicator reached 16.8%. 

As of the end of the third quarter of 2008, TKB retained its leading position
in the Latvian market as far as profitability is concerned. According to data
of the Association of Commercial Banks of Latvia, ROE of Trasta Komercbanka at
the end of September was 31.86%, which is the best indicator in Latvia.
Meanwhile, ROA was 3.74%, which is the second best result. 

TKB report for the third quarter of 2008 will be published in the information
system on enterprises that are quoted in Nordic and Baltic stock exchanges
before November 30 this year. 


Jūlija Jurgele
Deputy Head
of JSC Trasta Komercbanka 
Public Relations Division
GlobeNewswire