The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) has authorised Landskil ehf. to acquire a qualifying holding in NBI hf. on behalf of Landsbanki Islands hf. The authorisation is granted on the basis of a 15 December 2009 agreement between Landsbanki Islands hf. and the Icelandic Ministry of Finance stipulating, inter alia, that Landsbanki Íslands hf. could acquire an 18.7% holding in NBI hf., upon meeting specified conditions.

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) has granted ISB Holding ehf. permission to acquire a qualifying holding in Íslandsbanki on behalf of Glitnir Bank hf. The permission is granted on the basis of a 13 September 2009 agreement between Glitnir and the Icelandic Ministry of Finance, authorising Glitnir to acquire a 95% holding in Íslandsbanki upon meeting specified conditions.

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) has authorised Kaupskil ehf. to acquire a qualifying holding in Arion Bank hf. (Arion) on behalf of Kaupthing Bank hf. (Kaupthing). The permission is granted on the basis of a 3 September 2009 agreement between Kaupthing and the Icelandic Ministry of Finance, authorising Kaupthing to acquire an 87% holding in Arion upon meeting specified conditions.

A report containing information from the annual financial statements of pension funds for the year 2008 is available at the Financial Supervisory Authority's (FME) webpage. There is also an excel file that contains statistical information from the report. The main results of the report are the following: The real rate of return is -21.78% above the consumer-price index, compared to 0.5% in 2007. Five-year average is 2.5% and ten-year average is 3%. These negative impacts on pension fund's earnings can be attributed to difficulties in domestic and foreign financial markets and especially the fall of the Icelandic commercial banks in October 2008.

Investigations into possible violations of laws regulating the financial market are a large part of the FME operations. If a violation is considered to have taken place, such cases can be concluded by administrative sanctions, settlement or referral to the prosecuting authorities. Following is an overview of the cases involving sanctions, which the FME has completed since the beginning of this year.

The Financial Supervisory Authority has decided that financial instruments on settlement in respect of the disposal of assets and liabilities of the old banks to the new banks shall be issued by the parties no later than 14 August 2009.

The Financial Supervisory Authority of Iceland (FME) has published tables containing the annual accounts of insurance companies with a licence in Iceland and the result of insurance classes in 2008.

With reference to Art. 100a of Act No. 161/2002 on Financial Undertakings, as amended by Act No. 44/2009, the FME appoints a three-member interim board, which shall solely wield the authority that according to the law and the articles of association of the savings bank, would otherwise be wielded by the board and meeting of owners of initial capital

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) has decided to revisit its prior decisions on the disposal of assets and liabilities from the old banks to the new banks, to the extend to which they pertain to deadlines to complete the preparation of terms of financial instruments, which the new banks will issue to the old banks as repayment.

The Financial Supervisory Authority has put together a description of the chief assumptions and methodology behind the valuation of the assets and liabilities of the new banks. This description is intended to put the process into proper perspective and to give an explanation of what it consists of.

Yesterday Deloitte LLP concluded the valuation of assets which were transferred from the old banks to create New Kaupthing Bank, NBI and Íslandsbanki. Today Oliver Wyman has reviewed the valuation for each bank and updated its appraisal. The valuation project has , therefore, been completed.

Deloitte LLP has concluded its provisional valuation of the assets transferred from the old banks to comprise the balance sheets of New Kaupthing Bank, NBI and Íslandsbanki. In tandem with this work, Oliver Wyman has reviewed the process for each individual bank. Both companies are now finalising the valuations, which are expected to be available in their ultimate form next week.

On 21 March 2009 the FME assumed the powers of a meeting of the shareholders of Spron hf., immediately suspended the Board in its entirety and appointed a Resolution Committee.

On 21 March 2009 the FME assumed the powers of a meeting of the shareholders of Sparisjóðabanki Íslands hf. and made a decision on the disposal of certain assets and liabilities of the bank.

Gunnar T. Andersen has been recruited as the Director General of the FME. Mr. Andersen has been employed by the Icelandic Social Insurance Administration since 2006, first as the Head of Fraud Prevention and Control and then as Deputy Director General, Resource Development and Analysis.

On 9 March 2009 the FME assumed the powers of a meeting of the shareholders of Straumur- Burdaras Investment Bank hf., immediately suspended the Board in its entirety and appointed a Resolution Committee. The Resolution Committee made a decision of closing the bank that day.

The Financial Supervisory Authority has decided to delay the transfer of deposits of Straumur - Burdarás Investment Bank hf. to Íslandsbanki hf. due to technical difficulties. This is a complicated project, which is more time consuming than previously believed. For these reasons it is necessary to grant an extended deadline to complete the transfer of deposits and the issuance of promissory and collateral documents.

The Government announced plans on 21 March 2009 to reorganize Iceland's network of savings banks.

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) has made a decision on the disposal of obligations of Straumur - Burdarás Investment Bank hf. in Iceland due to deposits in the headquarters of the bank in Iceland. Deposits will be allocated to Íslandsbanki hf. according to the balance and interest earned on the date of takeover with certain limitations specified in the decision.

The Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) has on grounds of Act No. 125/2008, which was set in October 2008 because of special circumstances, taken control of the operations of Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank hf. (Straumur). The FME has appointed a Resolution Committee which will take over all authority of the Board of Directors of Straumur.