Fitch affirms SpareBank 1 Nord-Norges 'A' Long-Term IDR and 'a' VR and revises the Outlook to "Negative" from "Stable" since the agency believes the coronavirus outbreak has modest immediate impact on the bank's ratings.

For more information please contact:

· CFO, Bengt Olsen, telephone +47 975 89 560
· Head of Treasury, Ronny Løvberg Sørensen, telephone +47 971 05 220

Tromsø, April 1 2020

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act

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