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