Royal Bank Of Scotland Takes Over As Primary Dealer After ABN

Riksgälden In 2007, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bought parts of ABN Amro. RBS has now decided to maintain the primary dealership in Swedish government securities that ABN Amro has held since 1998, when ABN Amro took over from Alfred Berg Transferator.

"We are pleased to see that RBS's purchase of ABN also means a continued commitment to the Swedish government bond market", says Thomas Olofsson, Head of Funding at the Swedish National Debt Office.

The Debt Office's primary dealers are per 18 July 2008:

Barclays Capital Nominal government bonds Danske Markets/Consensus Nominal and inflation-linked government bonds, T-bills Handelsbanken Markets Nominal and inflation-linked government bonds, T-bills Nordea Nominal and inflation-linked government bonds, T-bills Royal Bank of Scotland Nominal government bonds, T-bills SEB Nominal and inflation-linked government bonds, T-bills Swedbank Nominal and inflation-linked government bonds, T-bills



Further information can be obtained from:

Mattias Lavefjord, funding manager, telephone +46 8 613 45 79

Riksgälden

http://www.rgk.se/

Stock Identifier: SSE.RIKS