MeritaNordbanken extends offer to acquire all shares in Christiania Bank og Kredi

MeritaNordbanken extends offer to acquire all shares in Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse MeritaNordbanken extends the acceptance period for its offer for all shares in Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse ASA for NOK 44 per share to 31 January 2000 at 17.00. The offer was announced on 20 September 1999 and has subsequently been extended to 22 December 1999 at 17.00. The Board of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse has recommended that its shareholders accept the offer as industrially sound and financially fair. MeritaNordbanken now awaits the result of the decision-making process initiated on the basis of the decisions by the Stortinget relating to state ownership in the financial sector. Further information: Markku Pohjola, Executive Vice President +358 9 165 42245 Lars Thalén, Senior Vice President, Identity and Communications+46 709 200 665 Björn Westberg, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations +46 70 590 55 52 Not to be distributed in the USA, Australia, Canada and Japan. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/12/22/19991222BIT00870/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/12/22/19991222BIT00870/bit0002.pdf