Hansapank                     NEWS RELEASE                      03/05/2003



HANSAPANK'S EUROBOND



Today Hansapank launched a 3 year EUR 300 million Eurobond at a spread

of 55 bp over mid swaps, and the yield of 3.26% (99.831).

The transaction was lead managed by Barclays Capital, Senior Co-

Manager was Swedbank, Co-Managers UBS Warburg, Deutsche Bank, BNP

Paribas and Hansabank Markets.

Hansapank will use the proceeds from the Eurobond to refinance

maturing debt. It is the largest private sector issue in the Baltics.



Hansapank is the largest financial group in the Baltic region with

total assets of EUR 5.24 billion and shareholders’ equity of EUR 577

million at the end of 2002.



Additional information:

Petteri Lappalainen                    

Group Treasurer                         

+372 6131 925





Mart Tõevere

Head of Investor Relations

+3726131569