Ukio bankas AB shares to be listed on the Main List of the Vilnius Stock Exchange

03.07.2006 VLN

„As of July 13, 2006, we will have the first company from the financials sector on the Main List of the Vilnius Stock Exchange as well as on the Baltic Main List. Investors had enough time to get acquainted with the company as its shares were traded on the VSE I-List for about 12 years now,” said Dalia Jasulaityte, Chairman of the VSE Management Board.

“Our bank hopes that listing of Ukio bankas shares on the VSE Main List will raise the value of shareholders equity and the liquidity of our shares. It will also enhance the possibility to attract capital as well as make the bank more attractive both for our local and foreign investors. This important step can be valuated as a new quality and maturity stage of the bank”, said Edita Karpaviciene, Chairman of the Ukio bankas Management Board.

Ukio Bankas is the oldest private commercial bank providing universal banking services to a wide customer network covering the largest and economically the most vital regions of Lithuania.

As of January 1, 2006, the company’s market capitalization stood at LTL 224,907 thousand (EUR 65,137 thousand) and as of June 30, 2006 – LTL 229,342 thousand (EUR 66,422 thousand). The authorized capital of the company is LTL 126,708 thousand  (EUR 36,697 thousand), which consists of 126,708,000 ordinary registered shares at LTL 1 par (EUR 0.29). As of April 1, 2006, the bank’s capital and reserves equaled LTL 155,112 thousand (EUR 44,924 thousand). Unaudited net profit of the bank during the first quarter of 2006 reached LTL 7,674 thousand (EUR 2,223 thousand). In 2005 and 2004, the net profit of the bank made LTL 19,662 thousand (EUR 5,695 thousand) and LTL 7,613 thousand (EUR 2,205 thousand), accordingly. 

As of June 21, 2006, the largest shareholders (holding more than 5% of the authorized capital) are the following: Vladimir Romanov – 19.43%, Universal Business Investment Group management UAB – 9.99%, Asocijuoto turto valdymas UAB – 8.82 %, Financial brokerage firm Finbaltus UAB – 8.49 %, Coldwell Business Inc. – 7.52 %, clients of the Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken – 6.97 %.

For more information, please contact:
Gintare Blazyte, Marketing and Communications Specialist
Vilnius Stock Exchange         +370 5 272 13 71

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