Financial figures for period 1-4/2008

Financial information on the period January-April 2008 is now available. NIB is publishing key figures and the following tables: income statement, balance sheet, changes in equity and cash flow statement. The document includes comments on the figures by NIB’s President and CEO, Johnny Åkerholm. The figures for the period January-April are unaudited.

Key figures, EUR million
	Apr 2008*	Apr 2007*	Dec 2007
Net interest income	66	60	187
Core earnings**	57	52	161
Profit	19	49	69
Loans disbursed	626	838	2,390
Loan agreements	764	702	2,214
Loans outstanding	12,408	11,854	12,291
Guarantee commitments	25	25	25
New debt issues	2,313	1,608	4,288
Debts evidenced by certificates	14,975	13,898	15,023
Net liquidity	4,182	3,386	4,039
Total assets	20,142	18,534	19,973
Equity/total assets (%)	10.2	11.2	10.2
Profit/average equity (%)	2.8	7.1	3.3
Number of employees	161	155	158

*Unaudited figures
to be read in conjunction with NIB’s audited financial statements for 2007 and the notes thereto

**Core earnings consist of the profit before adjustments to hedge accounting, fair value adjustments made to the trading portfolio and credit losses and reversals of these.