Hansapank                     NEWS RELEASE                      03/12/2004



ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING OF LITHUANIAN HANSABANKAS



The General Shareholder Meeting of Hansabank’s Lithuanian subsidiary

AB Bankas Hansabankas will be convened on 26 March 2004. The agenda of

the Meeting is as follows:

1.   2003 Activity Report

2.   Bank Auditor’s report

3.   Approval of 2003 financial statements

4.   Distribution of the Bank’s profit of 2003

5.   Approval of the Bank’s budget for 2004

6.   Increase of the Bank’s share capital and establishment of

preemptive rights for acquiring of the new shares.

7.   Amendments to the Bank’s articles of association





Mart Tõevere

Head of Communications and IR

+372 6131 569