Hansapank                     NEWS RELEASE                      01/15/2004



LITHUANIAN HANSABANKAS NET PROFIT, 2003



The unaudited net profit of Hansabankas, Hansabank’s Lithuanian

subsidiary, was LTL 61.0 million (EUR 17.7 million) in 2003.



Hansabank Group 2003 unaudited financial results will be published on

February 17.





Mart Tõevere

Head of Communications and IR

+372 6131 569