Prospectus regarding SEB's rights issue now pub...

For more information, please visit 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 16.00 CET on 10 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 to  be published  by the  Company on  its website  in  due
course.

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 to be set out in the prospectus.


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