Additional information prior to Annual General Mee

Additional information prior to Annual General Meeting

Since the announcement of SEB's Annual General Meeting was published at
the beginning of March, new information has become available regarding
certain items on the agenda. This information, which among other items
relates to the composition of the Board and SEB's employee stock option
programme for 2003, is now available at www.seb.net.

The announcement presented a proposal that the number of Board members
should be increased to ten through the election of a new member.
Discussion had then been initiated with a female Board candidate, who at
a late stage, however, was unable to consider the post. Accordingly, the
shareholders that supported the proposal have withdrawn the proposal for
new election, whereby the number of Board members remains unchanged, at
nine.

An increase in the total fees to the Board was proposed in the
announcement to SEK 5,450,000. As a result of withdrawing the proposal
for new election, it is proposed that the Board fee instead amount to
SEK 5,100,000.

The Board's complete proposal regarding the acquisition and sale of own
shares for the employee stock option programme is also available at
www.seb.net. The total number of employee stock options that was
estimated allotted to the President and the Group Executive Committee
was presented in the Annual Report. In the actual allotment, the Group
Executive Committee received 944,750 stock options. The remaining
approximately 5,200,000 employee stock options were allotted to about
700 other senior executives and key persons. The allotment did not
increase compared with the preceding year.

The Board's final proposal regarding transfer of shares in SEB Asset
Management America Inc. to senior executives in the company as well as
the fairness opinion is also presented at www.seb.net. In the proposal
it is stated that the approval of the Annual General Meeting pertains to
transfer of shares, alternatively, the business of the subsidiary. With
the transfer of business, the Leo Act is not applicable. However, the
Board has decided to propose that the transfer of business shall be
handled in accordance with the Stockholm Stock Exchange's rules
governing the acquisition of business in subsidiaries and that the
stricter majority requirements of the Leo Act shall be applied to the
decision.

The Annual General Meeting will be held on April 9, 12:30 p.m., at
Circus, Djurgårdsslätten, Stockholm.

For further information, please contact:
Gunilla Wikman, Head of Group Communications, 
telephone [phone]