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Ársskýrsla Landsbankans - Landsbankinn

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements<br />

40. Related party transactions<br />

Related parties<br />

The Icelandic State Treasury, on behalf of the Icelandic State, holds 81,3% of the shares in the Bank. Government bodies and public institutions<br />

qualifying as related parties are the Ministry of Finance, the ISFI (Icelandic State Financial Investments), and entities and institutions related to them.<br />

Transactions between the Bank and its subsidiaries meet the definition of related party transactions. All transactions with subsidiaries are eliminated<br />

on consolidation and are thus not disclosed in the Group's consolidated financial statements. The main subsidiaries of the Bank at 31 December 2010<br />

were the following:<br />

Company Ownership interest Activity<br />

<strong>Landsbankinn</strong> eignarhaldsfélag ehf. (Iceland) 100% Holding company<br />

Eignarhaldsfélagið NBI ehf. (Iceland) 100% Holding company<br />

Horn fjárfestingarfélag ehf. (Iceland) 100% Investment company<br />

Eignarhaldsfélagið Vestia ehf. (Iceland) 100% Holding company<br />

Reginn ehf. (Iceland) 100% Real estate company<br />

SP-fjármögnun hf. (Iceland) 100% Leasing company<br />

Landsvaki hf. (Iceland) 100% Management company for mutual funds<br />

Hömlur ehf. (Iceland) 100% Holding company<br />

Blámi - fjárfestingafélag ehf (iceland) 100% Holding company<br />

Vörður líftrygging ehf. (Iceland) 60% Insurance company<br />

Verðbréfun hf. (Iceland) 100% Securitisation company<br />

Landsbanki Vatnsafl ehf. (Iceland) 100% Holding company<br />

Stofnlánadeild Samvinnufélaga (Iceland) 100% Holding company<br />

Span ehf. (Iceland) 100% IT-services<br />

Landsbanki Holdings UK plc (United Kingdom) 100% Holding company<br />

Landsbanki Íslands hf. has significant influence over the Bank, indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiary Landsskil ehf., which holds 18.7% of<br />

the shares in the Bank. Landsskil ehf. appoints one of the five members of the Board of Directors of the Bank and Landsbanki Íslands hf. has also<br />

influence through its observer members of various committees of the Bank. Although these observer members do not have rights to take part in the<br />

decision process during meetings of the committees of the Bank they can submit their own comments outside such meetings, which can have a<br />

significant impact on decision outcomes. Due to the ownership, its member on the Board of Directors of the Bank and influence through the<br />

committees of the Bank, Landsbanki Íslands hf. meets the definition of related party.<br />

The key management personnel of the Bank and its close family members meet the definition of related parties and in some cases the key<br />

management personnel of the Bank´s subsidiaries. The key management personnel of the Bank are the members of the Board of Directors, CEO,<br />

Managing Directors and other directors having authority and responsibility for planning, directing, and controlling the activities of the Bank. The<br />

Minister of Finance and the members of the Board of Directors of ISFI meet the definition of key management personnel of the Bank due to their<br />

ability to influence the policy of the Bank.<br />

Transactions with related parties<br />

(a) Transactions with the Icelandic government and government-related entities<br />

The Group’s products and services are offered to the Icelandic government and government-related entities in competition with other vendors and<br />

under generally accepted commercial terms. In a similar manner, the Bank and other Group entities purchase products and services from governmentrelated<br />

entities at market price and otherwise under generally accepted commercial terms. The nature and outstanding amounts receivable from<br />

public entities are disclosed in Note 55.<br />

NBI hf. Consolidated Financial Statements 2010 47<br />

All amounts are in ISK million<br />

Allar upphæðir eru í milljónum króna Ársreikningur 2010 147

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