DNB ASA – Annual General Meeting on 24 April 2018

DNB’s Annual General Meeting was held on 24 April 2018 in Oslo. 

All items on the agenda were adopted as proposed, cf. the notice sent to Oslo Børs (Oslo Stock Exchange) on 23 March 2018. 

The General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposed distribution of a dividend of NOK 7.10 per share to registered shareholders as at 24 April 2018, to be distributed as from 4 May 2018. The shares in DNB ASA will be quoted ex-dividend on 25 April 2018. 

The General Meeting granted the Board of Directors an authorisation to repurchase up to 3.5 per cent of the company's share capital as well as an authorisation to DNB Markets of 0.5 per cent for hedging purposes, valid up to the Annual General Meeting in 2019. Initially, DNB will apply to Finanstilsynet (the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway) for approval of a 2 per cent repurchase limit, as well as 0.5 per cent for hedging purposes. 

The minutes from the Annual General Meeting are attached.  

Contact:

Thomas Midteide, group executive vice president Media & Marketing, + 47 96232017
Rune Helland, head of Investor Relations, + 47 97713250

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements according to Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.