Hansapank                     NEWS RELEASE                07/08/2003 11:00



HANSABANKAS' NET PROFIT, 6 MONTHS 2003



The unaudited net profit of Hansabankas, Hansabank’s Lithuanian

subsidiary, was LTL 41.1 million (EUR 11.9 million) in the first six

months of 2003.





Mart Tõevere

Head of investor relations

+372 6131 569