SEB Bankas AB - Notification on material event

Preliminary result of the first half-year of 2012 of AB SEB bankas

Vilnius, Lithuania, 2012-07-16 08:31 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to
preliminary data, unaudited net profit earned over the first half-year of the
year 2012 by AB SEB bankas is LTL 59.5 million (EUR 17.2 million) and by AB SEB
bankas Group is LTL 80.4 million (EUR 23.3 million). The result has been
calculated in accordance with the requirements set by the acts of the Bank of
Lithuania and legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania. Over the first half-year
of the year 2011, unaudited net profit earned by AB SEB bankas totaled LTL
199.5 million (EUR 57.8 million) and by the Bank's Group - LTL 356.5 million
(EUR 103.2 million). 

This notification is non-confidential.

Jonas Iržikevičius, Vice President of AB SEB bankas, Head of Business Support
Division and Chief Financial Officer. 

16 July 2012, Vilnius


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