ForeningsSparbanken acquiring an additional 2,5 per cent of FI-Holding

ForeningsSparbanken (Swedbank) will acquire an additional 2,5 per cent
of the shares in FI-Holding, thereby increasing its holding of the
shares of that Danish credit institution from 74,7 per cent to 77,2 per
cent.

The acquisition will be effected through the utilisation by Parnib
Deelnemingen B.V., of an option to sell their final 25 per cent of its
holding to ForeningsSparbanken . By contract, ForeningsSparbanken will
pay DKK 193 million for 24 975 shares.

Finansinstitutet for Industri og Handvark (FIH), a wholly owned FI-
Holding subsidiary, is a leading figure in the Danish corporate market,
with 5,000 medium and larger companies as customers, among them 116 of
the country's 200 foremost industrial corporations.

For further information, please contact:
Annika Wijkstrom, Executive Vice President and Head of Alliances
Division, phone: +46 8 585 913 97
Henrik Kolga, Head of Communications, phone: +46 8 585 927 79, 
+46 708 11 13 15