American Stock Exchange News Release

Structured Products Release
Media Contact: Melanie Jacobus
American Stock Exchange
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AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE LISTS EKSPORTFINANS ASA'S NIKKEI 225 INDEX CALL WARRANTS

New York, November 1, 2006 -  The American Stock Exchange (Amex) today began trading Eksportfinans ASA's Nikkei 225 Index Call Warrants.

Priced at $6.50 with an initial offer size of 2,250,000 warrants, the warrant trades under the ticker symbol NKI.WS and has a maturity date of October 20, 2008.

The notes are issued by Eksportfinans ASA. The Amex specialist unit is LaBranche Structured Products, LLC.

If you would like to receive a copy of the prospectus for NKI.WS, please visit the American Stock Exchange website at http://www.amex.com.

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