DNBNOR - PARTIAL AUDIT OF DNB NOR BANK ASA

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has conducted a partial audit of the accounts of DnB NOR Bank ASA as at 30.09.06, in accordance with the standards on partial auditing of accounts. According to their statement to the Board of Directors in DnB NOR Bank ASA, nothing has been brought to the attention of PwC that gives grounds to assume that the submitted accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the law and generally accepted accounting principles.