SEB's exposure towards Lehman Brothers

SEB's own total credit exposure towards the Lehman Brothers Group,
which parent company today filed for bankruptcy protection, amounts
to EUR 64 million at current foreign exchange and market levels. No
part of the exposure is related to shares or subordinated debt issued
by Lehman Brothers.




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
another ten countries. On 30 June 2008, the Group's total assets
amounted to SEK 2,304bn (EUR 244 bn) while its assets under
management totalled SEK 1,295bn (EUR 137 bn). The Group has about
22,000 employees. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com.
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For further information, please contact:
Ulf Grunnesjö, Head of Investor Relations, [phone], +46 70 763
8501
Odd Eiken, Head of Marketing & Communications, [phone], +46
70 763 8730