Hansapank                     NEWS RELEASE                      04/15/2002



HANSA-LTB’S NET PROFIT, Q1 2002



The unaudited net profit of Hansa-LTB, Hansabank’s Lithuanian

subsidiary, was LTL 8.46 million (EUR 2.45 million) in the first

quarter of 2002.



The complete financial results of the bank will be published on April

26.





Mart Tõevere

Head of investor relations

+372 6131 569