Nordea's EGM approves rights issue

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR  INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE  UNITED
STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN.

Today's Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Nordea Bank AB (publ)
approved the Board of Directors' resolution announced on 10 February
2009. Terms and conditions were announced 11 March 2009 by a press
release. The resolution means that Nordea's capital base will be
strengthened by up to approximately EUR 2.5bn by issuance of new
ordinary shares with pre-emptive rights for existing shareholders.

Furthermore the EGM meeting decided to amend the articles of
association so that the allowed range for the share capital shall be
at minimum 2,700,000,000 euro and at maximum 10,800,000,000 euro. The
range for the allowed number of shares was changed correspondingly to
be a minimum 2,700,000,000 shares and a maximum 10,800,000,000
shares.




For further information:

Fredrik Rystedt, Chief Financial Officer, +46 8 614 7812
Johan Ekwall, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8 614 7852

The information above has been made public according to the
Securities Market Act and the Financial Instruments Trading Act. This
information was published at 11.15 am on 12 March 2009.

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This press release is not an offer for subscription for shares in
Nordea. A prospectus relating to the rights issue referred to in this
press release and the subsequent listing of the ordinary shares at
NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen will be prepared and
filed with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. After
approval and registration of the prospectus by the Swedish Financial
Supervisory Authority, the prospectus will be published and made
available on inter alia Nordea's website.
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(publ) does not intend to register any portion of the offering of the
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