Regarding the information in the mass media

Ukio Bankas AB 

07.08.2012 13:26
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Responding to the information presented in the mass media regarding the
restrained funds at AB Ukio bankas (hereinafter - 'the Bank'), hereby we
provide with the Bank commentary. 

On 1 September 2006 the Bank, based on the information received from foreign
banks, following the laws of Republic of Lithuania and internal procedures of
the Bank has identified the suspicious monetary operations for approximately
LTL 48 million, suspended the movement of these funds and immediately informed
the Financial Crime Investigation Service in this respect. After these actions,
Lithuanian law enforcement institutions applied temporal means of preservation
for the aforementioned funds. During the pre-trial investigation period the
Bank cooperated with the law enforcement institutions by providing the relevant
information. On 5 June 2012 the Kaunas County Court has adopted the resolution
to recognise the abovementioned funds as ownerless and to transmit them to the
possession of the state. As far as the resolution came into force the funds
were transferred to the deposit account of State Tax Inspectorate under the
Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania. 

Hereby we inform that this event will not have any influence towards activity
and financial results of the Bank. 

The Bank in its activity follows the legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania,
European Union and principals of the best international banking practice,
regulating the AML and CTF measures. 

Deputy Chairman - Head of Finance Division Arnas Zalys, 07-08-2012.


         Marius Arlauskas, Head of Financial Institutions and Fund Raising
Department, +370 37 301 332.
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