Press Release 7 February, 2008 Fire at Swedbank´s premises at Essingen Yesterday at 21.30 (CET) a fire started at the premises of Essingen in Stockholm. There have been no personal injuries and no critical business disruption is reported. However smaller disturbances may occur for Swedbank Finance and trade finance clients. The fire is under control but not extinguished. The premises at Essingen hosts Swedbank´s telephone bank, it-operations and Swedbank Finance. Operations which are affected is relocated and is up and running. The SFSA has been informed and is kept updated. Costs for restoring the premises are covered by insurance. For further information: Anna Sundblad, press manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 703 21 39 95 Anna Hammarskiöld, press officer, Swedbank, phone; +46 76 118 07 95 Swedbank's vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets where we are present. Swedbank has 9 million retail customers and 500,000 corporate customers with more than 470 branches in Sweden, 290 branches in the Baltic countries and another 190 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Marbella, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2006 the group had total assets of SEK 1,400 billion and approximately 17,000 employees. For more information about Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.
Fire at Swedbank´s premises at Essingen
| Source: Swedbank AB