SpareBank 1 SMN: Reportable trading in the offerings


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Please find enclosed a list showing the final allocation of new equity capital certificates in SpareBank 1 SMN to primary insiders in the SpareBank 1 SMN Group and their related parties in connection with the rights offering and the employee offering.

Trondheim, 30 March 2012.

Contact persons at SpareBank 1 SMN:
CFO Kjell Fordal; mob +47 905 41 672
Head of Corporate Communications Hans Tronstad; mob + 47 941 78 322

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Disclaimer
This document does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of SpareBank 1 SMN (the "Securities") in the United States or in any other jurisdiction outside Norway. The Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The issuer of the Securities has not registered, and does not intend to register, any portion of the Offering in the United States or in any other jurisdiction outside of Norway, and does not intend to conduct a public offering of the Securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction outside Norway. Copies of this document are not being made and may not be distributed or sent into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. 

Forward-looking statements
This document includes "forward-looking statements" that involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of our control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, future events, performance and/or other information that is not historical information. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances after the date made, except as required by law.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian Securities Trading Act)


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