SUCCESSFUL OPERATING RESULTS AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2008

Jadranska banka realised successful operating results in the first nine months of the current year.
According to non-audited preliminary data for the January-September period of 2008, trends of balance sheet and operating profit growth continued.
At the end of the September of current year, the overall balance sheet totalled kuna 2.35 billion so that it, compared with the end of the preceding year, grew by 7.9% whereas the annual plan was realized 97.8%.

Pre-tax profit for the first nine months of 2008 totalled kuna 34.9 million, which is by 6.1% more than the whole of the last year pre-tax profit while the annual plan was realized 89.8%.