HANSAPANK

ANNOUNCEMENT



SWEDBANK AND SEB TO DISCONTINUE THE MERGER



Hansabank Group’s strategic shareholder Swedbank (FöreningsSparbanken)

and SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken) announced today that they have

called off the merger negotiations and will continue their operations

individually. According to the CEO of Hansabank Indrek Neivelt the

Group continued to follow its own strategy after the original merger

announcement in February of this year and the decision to discontinue

with the merger in Sweden will have no significant impact on the

operations of Hansabank Group. The Group will continue its everyday

business activities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.





Mart Tõevere

Head of investor relations

+372 6131 569