Vestjysk Bank A/S - Transferral to the observation list

NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen has transferred the below company to the observation list
today:

ISIN Name

DK0010304500 Vestjysk Bank

Vestjysk Bank A/S has been transferred to the observation list as the company
has announced that the boards of directors in Vestjysk Bank and in Århus
Lokalbank have decided to seek the two banks merged.

For further information, please see the announcement published by the company
on the 25 January 2012.

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For further information, please contact: Pernille Gram Christensen,
Surveillance, tel. 0045 33 93 33 66