SEB's rights issue oversubscribed

For full information, pls see www.sebgroup.com.


SEB is a North European financial group serving some 400,000
corporate customers and institutions and five million private
individuals. SEB offers universal banking services in Sweden, Germany
and the Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It also has
local presence in the other Nordic countries, Poland, Ukraine and
Russia and a global presence through its international network in
major financial centers. On 31 December 2008, the Group's total
assets amounted to SEK 2,511bn (~EUR 230bn) while its assets under
management totalled SEK 1,201bn (~EUR 110bn).The Group has about
22,000 employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.
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For further information, please contact:
Jan Erik Back, CFO, [phone]
Ulf Grunnesjö, Head of Investor Relations, [phone], + 46 70
763 8501
Odd Eiken, Head of Group Communications, [phone], +46 70 763
8730


The information has been made public according to the Swedish
Securities Market Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments
Trading Act. This information was published at 8.45am CET on 31 March
2009.

DISCLAIMER

General
This press release does not constitute an offer for sale of
securities of SEB (the "Company") in the United States, Canada,
Australia or Japan. Such securities have not been and will not be
registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may
not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from registration thereunder.

No communication or information related to the capital increase of
the Company with preferential subscription rights ("Rights") for the
Company shares ("Shares") may be disseminated to the public in
jurisdictions other than Sweden (and any other jurisdiction into
which the offering of Shares or Rights has been passported) where
prior registration or approval is required for that purpose.

The issue, exercise or sale of Rights and the subscription or
purchase of Shares or Rights are subject to specific legal or
regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions.  The Company
assumes no responsibility in the event there is a violation by any
person of such restrictions.

This document does not constitute an offering circular or prospectus
in connection with an offering of securities of the Company.
Investors must neither accept any offer for, nor acquire, any
securities to which this document refers, unless they do so on the
basis of the information contained in the applicable prospectus
published or offering circular distributed by the Company.  This
document does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of
an offer to buy or subscribe for, any securities and cannot be relied
on for any investment contract or decision.

This document has not been approved by any regulatory authority. This
document is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors
should not subscribe for or purchase any securities referred to in
this document except on the basis of information provided in the
prospectus published by the Company on its website.

European Economic Area
The Company has not authorized any  offer to the public of Shares  or
Rights in any Member State of  the European Economic Area other  than
Sweden and any other jurisdiction  into which the offering of  Shares
or Rights has been passported. With  respect to each Member State  of
the  European  Economic  Area  other  than  Sweden  (and  any   other
jurisdiction into which  the offering  of Shares or  Rights has  been
passported) and which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each,
a "Relevant Member State"), no action has been undertaken to date  to
make an  offer  to  the  public  of  Shares  or  Rights  requiring  a
publication of  a  prospectus in  any  Relevant Member  State.  As  a
result, the Shares or Rights may  only be offered in Relevant  Member
States:
(a)    to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate
in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose
corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(b)    to any legal entity meeting two or more of the following
criteria: (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last
financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than EUR 43 million
and (3) an annual net turnover of more than EUR 50 million, as shown
in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or
(c)    in any other circumstances, not requiring the Company to
publish a prospectus as provide under Article 3(2) of the Prospectus
Directive.

For the purposes hereof,  the expression an "offer  to the public  of
Shares  or  Rights"   in  any   Relevant  Member   State  means   the
communication in any form and by any means of sufficient  information
on the terms of the offer and the Shares and Rights to be offered  so
as to enable an investor to decide to purchase any securities, as the
same may be varied in that  Member State by any measure  implementing
the Prospectus  Directive in  that Member  State and  the  expression
"Prospectus Directive" means  Directive 2003/71/EC  and includes  any
relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

Canada, Australia and Japan
The Rights or Shares are not being offered or sold or acquired in
Canada, Australia or Japan.

Forward-Looking Statements
This document and any materials distributed in connection with this
document may contain certain forward-looking statements. By their
nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty
because they reflect the Company's current expectations and
assumptions as to future events and circumstances that may not prove
accurate. A number of material factors could cause actual results and
developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
these forward-looking statements, including the risks and
uncertainties set out in the prospectus.


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