Swedbank donates four million to charity ahead of Christmas

Press Release November 10, 2009

Swedbank donates four million to charity ahead of Christmas

Swedbank continues its tradition to support charity organisations ahead of
Christmas and donates four million SEK in Christmas gift to a number of charity
organisations. It's the twelfth consecutive year that Swedbank donates money to
charity.

The gift will among other things go to Save the Children's work for children in
need and to so called food banks in the three Baltic countries. 

- Supporting good causes to build sustainable societies is part of Swedbank's
history. It's now the twelfth consecutive year that we donate money to charity,
and I'm proud that we can continue that tradition and make a contribution to
crucial efforts in society ahead of Christmas, says Michael Wolf, CEO of
Swedbank.



Further information, please contact:
Thomas Backteman, EVP Corporate Affairs, Swedbank, phone: +46 708 311 166
Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95

Swedbank's vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets
where we are present. Swedbank has 9.4 million retail customers and 600,000
corporate customers with 419 branches in Sweden, 278 branches in the Baltic
countries and another 215 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present in
Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai,
St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2008 the group had total assets of SEK
1,812 billion and approximately 21,000 employees. For more information about
Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.