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The shares in DNB ASA will be quoted ex-dividend on 26 April 2017. A dividend of NOK 5.7 per share will be distributed as from 5 May 2017 to registered shareholders as at 25 April 2017.

DNB ASA held its annual general meeting on 25 April 2017. In this meeting, Karl-Christian Agerup was elected as new board member in DNB ASA, with a term of office of up two years.

The Board of Directors in DNB ASA consists of:

Anne Carine Tanum (chairman)
Tore Olaf Rimmereid (vice-chairman)
Karl-Christian Agerup
Jaan Ivar Semlitsch
Berit Svendsen
Vigdis Mathisen (employee representative)
Carl Løvvik (employee representative)
Jorunn Løvås (deputy for the employee representative)
Stian Samuelsen (deputy for the employee representative)

DNB held the Annual General Meeting on 25 April 2017 in Oslo.

All proposed resolutions on the agenda were approved, cf. the notice sent to the Oslo Stock Exchange on 31 March 2016.

The General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal for the distribution of a dividend of NOK 5.70 per share to registered shareholders as at 25 April 2017, to be distributed as from 5 May 2017. The shares in DNB ASA will be quoted ex-dividend on 26 April 2017.

The minutes from the Annual General Meeting are attached.

DNB will publish its results for the first quarter of 2017 on Friday, 28 April 2017 at 7.30 am CET.

28 April at 9.30 am CET: press conference in English accessible via live web TV
Place: DNB’s head office in Bjørvika, Dronning Eufemias gate 30, Oslo. A live broadcast will be available at www.dnb.no/en/ir.
Please register your attendance in Oslo at [email protected].

The press conference will be held in English.

28 April at 1.30 pm CET: conference call for analysts and investors
To attend the conference call: dial (+47) 21 56 33 18 or from outside Norway: +44 (0) 20 3003 2666 or from the US: +1 212 999 6659.
Password: DNB Q1. The phonecast (listen only mode) and replay will be available at www.dnb.no/en/ir.

2 May at 7.45 am GMT: breakfast conference for analysts in London
Place: UBS 5 Broadgate, London, EC2M 2QS. Please register your attendance in London at [email protected]

Management will present the results followed by a Q&A session.

Shareholders in DNB ASA are hereby invited to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held at 3.00 pm on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 in DNB's premises in Dronning Eufemias gate 30, Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway. The Notice of Annual General Meeting is attached.

On 29 March 2017, S&P Global Ratings Revised its outlook on DNB Bank ASA to stable from negative and affirmed its ‘A+/A-1’ long- and short-term counterparty credit ratings.

The revised outlook to stable from negative reflects DNB’s improved capitalization, tightened efficiency and likely buildup of substantial bail-in buffer.

For further details, please see attached press release from S&P.

Overview of DNB Bank ASA’s long-term senior unsecured ratings:
Moody’s: Aa2, negative outlook
Standard & Poor’s: A+, stable outlook
DBRS: AA (low), stable outlook