SEB Bankas AB - Notification on material event

Individual rating changed

On 16 April, 2009 ratings agency Fitch Ratings affirmed SEB Bank‘s long-term
issuer's default rating A (rating outlook negative), short term issuer's
default rating F1 and support rating 1. The agency downgraded its SEB Bank‘s
individual rating from C/D to D/E. 

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.