SEB's Annual report on www.seb.net

SEB's annual report on the net

The SEB Group´s annual report for 2002 will be available on www.seb.net
as from 12.00 a.m. today Wednesday 12 March 2003. The distribution of
the printed version will start on 19 March.

SEB is a North European financial Group that is focused on large
companies, institutions and private individuals, with 675 branch offices
around Sweden, Germany and the Baltic States. SEB has a total of 4
million customers, of whom a little over one million are e-banking
customers. On 31 December 2002, the Group's total assets amounted to SEK
1,241 billion. The Group is represented in some 20 countries around the
world and has a staff of approximately 20,000. Read more about SEB at
www.seb.net.

For further information, please contact:

Gunilla Wikman, Head of Group Communications 
[phone], [phone]

Per Anders Fasth, Head of Group Investor Relations, 
[phone], [phone]

Annika Halldin, Responsible for Financial Information, 
[phone], [phone]