Hansapank                     NEWS RELEASE                      07/13/2004



LITHUANIAN HANSABANKAS NET PROFIT, 6 MONTHS 2004



The unaudited net profit of Hansabankas, Hansabank’s Lithuanian

subsidiary, was LTL 52.8 million (EUR 15.3 million) in the first six

months of 2004. The bank earned LTL 41.1 million (EUR 11.9 million)

during the same period last year.



Hansabank Group 2004 Q2 financial results will be published on August

18.





Mart Tõevere

Head of Communications and IR

+372 6131 569