US Commercial Paper Program

US Commercial Paper Program Nordea North America Inc. USD 10 billion Ratings: Standard & Poor's A-1 Moody's Investors Service, Inc. P-1 The Nordea Group coordinates its funding activities. As of March 26, 2001 issuance of US Commercial Paper by the banks in the Nordea Group will only be done in the name of Nordea North America Inc. (formerly Merita North America Inc.). "The consolidation of Nordea's Commercial Paper Programs is one further step in taking advantage of the Group's strength. The streamlining of the funding operations supports the merger synergies", says Jakob Grinbaum, Head of Treasury Nordea. Dealers are Chase Securities Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., Merita Bank Plc, New York Branch, and Merrill Lynch Money Markets Inc. Today the Nordea Group has four US Commercial Paper Programs: Christiania Capital Corp. Merita North America Inc. Nordbanken North America Inc. Unifunding Inc. For further information: Fanny Borgström, Group Funding, +358 9 369 50500 Jakob Grinbaum, Head of Group Treasury, + 46 8 614 78 91 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/27/20010327BIT00060/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/27/20010327BIT00060/bit0001.pdf