Vattenfall successfully launched a Euro 500 million 15-year bond

Vattenfall successfully launched a € 500 million 15-year bond Vattenfall AB, through its wholly owned subsidiary Vattenfall Treasury AB, today launched a 15 year bond on the Euro-market in the amount of 500 million Euro. This is the longest public bond issue launched by a Nordic corporate into the Euro-market. The issue enjoyed strong demand from international investors being three times oversubscribed. Joint Bookrunners were Citigroup and Société Generale. "The transaction was a great success and underlines the market's confidence in Vattenfall," says CFO Matts Ekman. The purpose of the bond issue is primarily to prolong the average maturity in Vattenfall's borrowing portfolio. From Vattenfall's Press Office, telephone: +46 8 739 50 10. For more information, please contact: Klaus Aurich, Head of Investor Relations, telephone +46 (0)8 739 65 14. Martin May, Head of Media Relations, telephone +46 8 739 52 70. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/06/03/20030603BIT00760/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/06/03/20030603BIT00760/wkr0002.pdf