OREANDA-NEWS. October 15, 2009. AB DnB NORD Bankas, a leader of Lithuania’s structured investment product market, starts placement of two new issues of 3-year Litas and Euro-denominated notes their returns linked to stock indices of the world’s most advanced economies. The notes are intended for a wide range of investors seeking for yields similar to those of stocks without a risk to loose the invested principal amount, reported the press-centre of DnB NORD Bankas.

Returns of both newly issued AB DnB NORD Bankas note issues will be linked to Europe’s Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50, Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Stock Average, Hong Kong and China’s Hang Seng and US S&P 500 - each index equally represented in the portfolio.

AB DnB NORD Bankas has set 180 percent participation rate for the newly issued Litas-denominated notes, whereas for Euro-denominated securities the participation rate has been set at 60 percent. The rate defines what percentage of the calculated equity index gain is to be received by the holder of the securities.

The notes shall mature on 12 November 2012. As the markets may rise or fall AB DnB NORD Bankas extends guarantees that at the maturity the principal investment amount will be repaid to the note holder, shall the calculated index portfolio value falls below the initial. The notes can be sold prior to maturity at market prices.

Customers will be offered to purchase the new AB DnB NORD Bankas notes until 9 November (inclusive). The minimum investment amount has been set at LTL 3,000 and EUR 900.

AB DnB NORD Bankas notes are placed according to Base Prospectus of EUR 300,000,000 Medium-Term Note Programme.

AB DnB NORD Bankas is a universal commercial bank that provides comprehensive range of banking services to individual and corporate customers. The bank is part of Denmark-based DnB NORD banking group which was established by the Norway’s largest bank DnB NOR ASA and North Germany’s largest bank Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (NORD/LB).