ForeningsSparbanken (Swedbank) third quarter report 2003


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 17, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- ForeningsSparbanken's (Other OTC:FGSKY) third-quarter report for 2003 will be published on Friday, October 24, at 8:00 CET (07:00 GMT).

Analyst presentation on Friday, October 24th, 4:00 PM GMT (17:00 CET). You are invited to the City Suite, The City Club, 19 Old Broad Street, London, to attend a presentation of the interim results hosted by Mrs Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, President and CEO, and Mr Jan Liden, deputy President and acting CFO. Attendees are asked to provide their name and company name by e-mail to ir@foreningssparbanken.se.

Conference call.

To attend the presentation by telephone, call our conference call operator Genesys on +44 (0) 20 7162 0179 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. The presentation audio will be broadcast live on ForeningsSparbanken's web site, www.foreningssparbanken.se/ir, where a presentation kit will also be available.

Webcast.

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

An audio 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 access code 330882.

A press and analyst presentation of the report in Swedish will be held at ForeningsSparbanken's headquarters, Brunkebergstorg 8 in Stockholm, on October 24th at 09:30 CET.


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

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