Vilnius Stock Exchange to list Ukio bankas AB corporate bond issue

24.01.2006 VLN

A 366-day issue of 150,000 corporate registered bonds at LTL 100 (EUR 28.96) face value of Ukio bankas AB is admitted to the Bond List of the VSE. The total nominal value of the issue amounts to LTL 15,000,000 (EUR 4,344,300.28). Following the decision of the Lithuanian Securities Commission as of January 12, 2006 (decision No. 2 K-8, minutes No. 6K-1), the corporate bond issue prospectus was approved for listing in the VSE Bond List (statement on approval of securities prospectus No. 4R-6 as of January 12, 2006). The bonds will be redeemed on November 8, 2006. The bonds give a right to annual interest of 4.1%.

On January 1, 2006, the authorized capital of Ukio bankas AB amounted to LTL 126,708 thousand (EUR 36,697.17 thousand). On September 30, 2005, the bank’s shareholders’ equity stood at LTL 123,503 thousand (EUR 35,768.94 thousand). Unaudited net profit of the bank during the first 9 months of 2005 reached LTL 9,672 thousand (EUR 2,801.20 thousand). In 2004 and 2003, the net profit of the bank made LTL 5,966 thousand (EUR 1,727.87 thousand) and LTL 4,924 thousand (EUR 1,426.09 thousand) accordingly. 

As of June 30, 2005, the total number of the bank’s shareholders stood at 4,752. The largest shareholders (holding more than 5% of all bank’s votes) as of June 30, 2005 were the following: Vladimir Romanov – 19.43%, Zinaida Romanova – 9.99%, Dujotekana UAB – 9.93%, Finbaltus UAB FMI- 8.54%, Nikolaos Stamatiadis – 5.57%, Megawest LLC – 5.11%.

For more information:

Diana Sokolova, Head of Marketing and Communications Division  +370 5 272 13 71
Vilnius Stock Exchange          

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