New York  January 20, 2011 Deutsche Bank today announced its appointment as depositary bank for the sponsored Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program of Nordea Bank AB (publ) (“Nordea”).
Nordea is the largest financial services group in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region, with approximately 10 million customers, approximately 1,400 branch offices and a market cap of EUR33bn.  Nordea’s shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm.* Akbar Poonawala, Head of Global Equity Services at Deutsche Bank said, “We are delighted to be acting as Depositary Bank on this ADR transaction and we very much look forward to working with Nordea to ensure that their ADR investors receive the highest level of service.”