Capital Markets Day and financial ambitions towards 2019

DNB will host the Group’s Capital Markets Day in London today.

DNB’s key financial ambitions for 2017-2019 are:
- The overriding target towards 2019 is to achieve a return on equity (ROE) above 12 per cent
- A cost/income ratio below 40 per cent
- A CET1 ratio of approx. 15.7 per cent, including a management buffer
- A dividend payout ratio for 2016 between 30 and 50 per cent. A dividend payout ratio above 50 per cent from 2017
- Loan-loss provisions are estimated to be up to NOK 18 billion over the 2016-2018 period

Other ambitions are covered in the attached presentation. The presentation is also available at www.dnb.no/ir.

The CMD presentation will be streamed live from 12:30 GMT / 13:30 CET.

For further information, please contact:

Investor contacts:
Rune Helland, head of Investor Relations, tel.: +47 977 13 250
Amra Koluder, SVP Investor Relations, tel.: +47 977 35 378

Media contact:
Thomas Midteide, group executive vice president, Corporate Communications, tel.: + 47 962 32 017