Al Gore to Speak in Iceland on Climate Change

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, Mar 31 (MARKET WIRE) --
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
geothermalenergy 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
withan 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
Email Contact

Bjorn Richard Johansen
Managing Director, Corporate Communication
Email Contact
+47 47 800 100

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