ForeningsSparbanken (Swedbank) Invite for First Quarter Report 2003 Conference Call


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 24, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- ForeningsSparbanken's (Other OTC:FGSKY) first-quarter report for 2003 will be published on Tuesday, April 29th at 08:00 CET (07:00 GMT).

Analyst presentation and teleconference on Tuesday, April 29th, 4:30 PM GMT (17:30 CET). You are invited to the City Suite, The City Club, 19 Old Broad Street, London (note that this is NOT the usual venue), to attend a presentation of the first quarter results for 2003. Mrs Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, President and CEO, and Mr Nils-Fredrik Nyblaeus, deputy President and CFO, will present and comment on the results, followed by a question and answer session.

The presentation audio will be broadcast live on ForeningsSparbanken's web site, www.foreningssparbanken.se/ir, where the presentation kit from the meeting will also be available.

A video webcast of the analyst presentation will be available the day after the event on www.foreningssparbanken.se/ir.

Simultaneous teleconference. For those wishing to attend the presentation by telephone, please call our conference call operator Genesys on +44 (0) 20 7162 0184 ten minutes prior to the start of the meeting. Questions from the conference call audience will be synchronized with the presentation's Q&A session. A recording of the conference call will be available for five days following the event. For access to this, dial +44 (0) 20 8288 4459 and enter code 982 342.

The following presentation of the report will be held in Stockholm on April 29th in Swedish:

-- Press and analyst presentation at 09:00 (CET), at Nemes Hall, Brunkebergstorg 8.

If you want to participate in the analyst meeting in London, please provide us with your name and company name via e-mail at ir@foreningssparbanken.se.

Investor Relations, ForeningsSparbanken

Jonas Blomberg, Head of Investor Relations, Phone +46 8 5859 3322, e-mail: jonas.blomberg@foreningssparbanken.se

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