21 March 2006 Ref.: 2006-09E

Elections to the Board of Directors and Committee of Directors of Danmarks Nationalbank

Elections to the Board of Directors The five-year terms of 13 of the 25 members of the Board of Directors expire on 31 March 2006. The following elections and appointments have been made for the five-year term running from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2011:

The Folketing (Parliament), which elects eight members, has re-elected Ms Elisabeth Arnold, MP, Ms Pia Christmas-Møller, MP, Mr , MP, Mr Svend Erik Hovmand, MP, Mr , MP, Mr Jens Rohde, MP, Mr Villy Søvndal, MP and Ms Helle Thorning-Schmidt, MP.

The Minister of Economic and Business Affairs, who appoints two members, has re-appointed Mr Michael Dithmer, Permanent Secretary, and Mr Michael Lunn, Permanent Secretary.

The Board of Directors of Danmarks Nationalbank elects 15 members, of whom three are elected by rotation every year. The Board of Directors has re-elected Mr Johannes Fløystrup Jensen, Director, and Ms Kirsten Nissen, Trade Union President, and has elected Mr Hans Jensen, President of the Trade Union Federation, to replace Mr Finn Thorgrimson, former President of the Trade Union Federation, who retired due to age. The Board of Directors of Danmarks Nationalbank has elected Mr Peter Bjerregaard, Managing Director, as a member of the Board. He replaces Mr Knud Koch-Jensen, Engineer, for the remaining part of his term, which expires on 31 March 2008. The Board of Directors re-elected Professor Hans E. Zeuthen as Chairman and Ms Helle Bechgaard, Director, as Deputy Chairman for the coming year.

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Elections to the Committee of Directors The Committee of Directors has seven members, of whom five are elected by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors re-elected Mr Søren Bjerre-Nielsen, Group President, Ms Kirsten Nissen, Trade Union President, Mr Jens Rohde, MP, Ms Helle Thorning-Schmidt, MP, and Professor Hans E. Zeuthen. All are elected for the coming year. Pursuant to the Danmarks Nationalbank Act, the two members of the Board of Directors appointed by the Minister of Economic and Business Affairs are also members of the Committee of Directors. Mr Michael Dithmer, Permanent Secretary, and Mr Michael Lunn, Permanent Secretary, have thus been re-appointed for five-year terms running until 2011. At its first meeting, the Committee of Directors re-elected Professor Hans E. Zeuthen as Chairman and Mr Michael Dithmer, Permanent Secretary, as Deputy Chairman for the period from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007.

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