FöreningsSparbanken´s Annual General Meeting 2002

FöreningsSparbanken's Annual General Meeting 2002 The Annual General Meeting of FöreningsSparbanken (Swedbank) in Sundsvall on April 11, 2002 approved a dividend of SEK 5.50 per share. The record date for the dividend is April 16. The scheduled dividend payment date is April 19, 2002. Furthermore, the Meeting resolved that the bank, within its securities operations, may acquire its own shares on a current basis in order to facilitate operations. The decision, which applies until the Annual General Meeting in 2003, allows the bank to acquire its own shares at a price equivalent to the current market price at the time and to the extent that the total holding of such shares at any time does not exceed 5 percent of all shares in the Bank. The Board consists of 12 members following the Meeting. The following current members were reelected: Göran Collert, Bo Forslund, Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, Thomas Johansson, Göran Johnsson, Birgitta Klasén, Kurt Lodenius, Per Göran Nyberg, Marianne Qvick Stoltz, Carl Erik Stålberg and Lennart Sundén. The new member elected to the Board was Ulrika Francke, President of SBC. Following the Meeting, the Board's presiding officers consist of Chairman Göran Collert, First Deputy Chairman Carl Eric Stålberg, Second Deputy Chairman Bo Forslund, President and CEO Birgitta Johansson- Hedberg, and Deputy President and CEO Nils-Fredrik Nyblæus. The Board and Auditors following the Meeting are listed in the enclosed appendix. For further information, please contact: Göran Collert, Chairman, telephone +46 8 585 910 04 Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, telephone +46 8 585 910 88 Olov Lydén, Secretary of the Board, telephone +46 8 585 915 66 The Board of Directors and Auditors of FöreningsSparbanken AB/Swedbank Annual General Meeting, April 11, 2002 Board of Directors Göran Collert, Chairman Carl Eric Stålberg, First Deputy Chairman Bo Forslund, Second Deputy Chairman Ulrika Francke Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, President Thomas Johansson Göran Johnsson Birgitta Klasén Kurt Lodenius Per-Göran Nyberg Marianne Qvick Stoltz Lennart Sundén Employee representatives Kaisa Bratt Gith Svensson Deputy members Nils-Fredrik Nyblæus, Deputy to the President Employee representatives Per Ekström Monica Hellström AUDITORS Auditors (elected in 1999 for four years) Authorized Public Accountant Ulf Egenäs, Deloitte & Touche AB Authorized Public Accountant Torbjörn Hanson, Ernst & Young AB Auditor appointed by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority Authorized Public Accountant Peter Markborn, Arthur Andersen KB Deputy Auditors (elected in 1999 for four years) Authorized Public Accountant Olof Cederberg, Ernst & Young AB Authorized Public Accountant Jan Larsson, Deloitte & Touche AB ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/12/20020412BIT00640/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/04/12/20020412BIT00640/wkr0002.pdf