SEB Bankas AB - Notification on material event

Regarding the transfer of shares of SEB Enskilda UAB

Vilnius, Lithuania, 2011-03-03 15:16 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEB Bank, registry
code 112021238, Gedimino 12, LT-01103 Vilnius, Lithuania. 

On 3 March 2011 SEB Bank has transferred 100 % of the shares of its subsidiary
company SEB Enskilda UAB, company code 221949450, address Gedimino av. 12,
Vilnius, to the parent company of SEB Bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
(publ). 

Taking in consideration that SEB Enskila UAB has a licence for securities       
 brokerage and according article 10 of the Law on Markets of Financial          
 Instruments of Republic of Lithuania prior to the transfer of shares the       
 approval of Securities Commission of Republic of Lithuania has been received.  
The shares of SEB Enskilda (Latvia) and SEB Enskilda (Estonia) were transferred 
 simultaneously. The reason of the share transfer is the intention to integrate 
 all investment banking services in the Merchant Banking division of            
 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ). It is expected that integration will  
 improve uniform handling and coordination of the activities in the             
 international SEB group. This change will not affect the clients of SEB        
 Enskilda UAB.                                                                  
This notification is non-confidential.                                          
Raimondas Kvedaras, President of SEB Bank, AB.                                  
3 March 2011, Vilnius                  



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