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June 29, 2009 - As Swedbank Försäkring is not consolidated in the financial companies group, the transaction increases Swedbank’s Tier 1 capital by SEK 970m and the total capital base increases by SEK 345m. This corresponds to an increase of the Tier 1 capital ratio of about 14 bp and an increase of the total capital adequacy ratio of about 5 bp pro forma as of 31 March 2009, based on fully implemented Basel 2 rules.
The transactions do not impact the income statement.
Further information, please contact:
Johannes Rudbeck, Head of Investor Relations, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 582 56 56
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.
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