On 22 December 2009, ratings agency Fitch Ratings announced that it affirmed unchanged SEB Bank's long-term issuer's default rating A (rating outlook negative), short term issuer's default rating F1, individual rating D/E and support rating 1. This notification is non-confidential. Arvydas Žilinskas, Head of Media Relations, tel. +370 5 268 1198, is authorized to provide additional information regarding the material event.