Glitnir Bank - Al Gore to Speak in Iceland : NON-REG

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Glitnir Bank
31 March 2008

Al Gore to Speak in Iceland on Climate Change

Former US Vice-President Al Gore Will Be the Keynote Speaker at an Open Meeting
on the Environment to Be Hosted Next Month by Glitnir Bank in Reykjavik

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND--(Marketwire - March 31, 2008) - Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize
winner and former Vice-President of the United States, will address an Icelandic
audience on environmental issues when he visits Iceland on 7 - 8 April as a
guest of President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson.

The meeting will be organised by Nordic bank Glitnir and the University of
Iceland and will take place at Haskolabio in Reykjavik on Tuesday 8 April at
8am.

Glitnir CEO Larus Welding says that the meeting with Al Gore is related to
Glitnir's overseas efforts to promote the bank's expertise in the field of
sustainable energy resources.

"Glitnir is at the forefront in international financial services for geothermal
energy projects. We are already engaged in a number of exciting ventures in the
US with leading companies in this field. The Bank has obtained considerable
attention among numerous parties who are participants in the public discourse on
sustainable energy resources and their development, one of them being Al Gore,"
comments Mr. Welding.

Mr. Welding says the meeting with Al Gore is important in light of Glitnir's
progress in the field of renewable energy resources, which offer numerous
opportunities, especially after the recent record-high oil prices.

"Al Gore is one of the world's most influential people of our times in
environmental matters. It is therefore important for us to provide him with an
insight into our work and the know-how possessed by Icelandic companies in the
field of sustainable energy," he says.

The open meeting will also give members of the Icelandic public an opportunity
to listen in person to Al Gore's views on the environment and climate change.

Participants can register for the event at Glitnir's website at www.glitnir.is.

Visit Glitnir's international website for more information on the bank's
expertise in sustainable energy resources.

For further information on the meeting with Al Gore, please contact:

Mar Masson
Executive Director Corporate Communication
tel. +354 440 4990
mobile +354-844 4990
mar.masson@glitnir.is

Bjorn Richard Johansen
Managing Director, Corporate Communication
brj@glitnir.no
+47 47 800 100

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