Issue of primary capital certificates

Issue of primary capital certificates As of March 26th, 2004, FöreningsSparbanken AB has issued primary capital certificates amounting to GBP 200 million, equivalent to approximately SEK 2.7 billion. The issue will raise the FöreningsSparbanken financial companies group´s capital adequacy ratio and the primary capital ratio by slightly less than 0.5 percentage points. For further information, please contact: Jonas Blomberg, Head of Investor Relations, phone: + 46 8 585 933 22 e-mail: jonas.blomberg@foreningssparbanken.se Magnus Eriksson, Group Treasury, phone: + 46 8 585 920 91 e-mail: magnus.eriksson@foreningssparbanken.se ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/04/07/20040407BIT00620/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/04/07/20040407BIT00620/wkr0002.pdf