Spar Nord Bank

Major Shareholding Notification • Nov 14, 2012

Nasdaq OMX Copenhagen

Company Announcement no. 29/2012

14 November 2012

Major Shareholder Announcement – The Spar Nord Foundation

Reduction of equity interest and voting interest after completion of merger

Pursuant to section 29(1), 3rd sentence, of the Danish Securities Trading Act, we hereby announce that following completion of the merger between Spar Nord Bank A/S and Sparbank A/S, with Spar Nord Bank A/S as the continuing bank, the Spar Nord Foundation disclosed today that it has reduced its equity interest in Spar Nord Bank A/S as follows:

• Shares: 23,273,723 shares of nominally DKK 10, equal to 18.5% of the share capital of Spar Nord Bank A/S.
• Votes: 23,273,723, corresponding to 18.5% of the votes in Spar Nord Bank A/S.

Please direct any questions you may have to Ole Madsen, SVP Corporate Communication, who can be reached on tel. +45 9634 4010.

Sincerely yours, Spar Nord Bank A/S

Ole Madsen SVP Corporate Communication Direct tel.+45 9634 4010 oma@sparnord.dk

Spar Nord Bank A/S

The Management Secretariat Postboks 162 DK-9100 Aalborg

Reg. no. 9380 Tel. +45 96 34 40 00 Fax +45 96 34 45 62 Swift spno dk 22

www.sparnord.dk sparnord@sparnord.dk