SEB Bankas AB - Notification on material event

SEB Bank's credit ratings affirmed

On 22 December 2009, ratings agency Fitch Ratings announced that it affirmed
unchanged SEB Bank's long-term issuer's default rating A (rating outlook
negative), short term issuer's default rating F1, individual rating D/E and
support rating 1. 

This notification is non-confidential. 

Arvydas Žilinskas, Head of Media Relations, tel. +370 5 268 1198, is authorized
to provide additional information regarding the material event.