Welcome to Swedbank’s Annual General Meeting 2017

The shareholders in Swedbank AB are hereby given notice to the Annual General Meeting at Folkets Hus, Barnhusgatan 14, 111 24 Stockholm, on Thursday 30 March, 2017 at 11.00 am (CET).

Shareholders are welcome from 9:30 am (CET). Before the Meeting, the management of Swedbank will be available in the lobby for questions from shareholders. Light refreshments will be provided in connection hereto.

As a service to non-Swedish speaking shareholders, the meeting will be simultaneously interpreted into English.

Notification etc

Shareholders who wish to attend the meeting must be recorded in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB (“Euroclear”, the Swedish Central Securities Depository) on 24 March, 2017 (the “Record Date”), and must give notice of their attendance to Swedbank’s head office no later than 24 March, 2017 preferably before 3.00 pm (CET).

Notification may be submitted:

• by letter to Swedbank, c/o Euroclear, Box 7839, SE-103 98 Stockholm, Sweden, or
• by telephone +46 8 402 90 60, or
• at www.swedbank.se/ir under the heading “Årsstämma” (AGM).

The notification shall state the name and should in addition thereto state the personal/company registration number (for Swedish permanent residents or companies), address, telephone number and the number of any advisors (not more than two).

Entrance cards, which shall be presented at the entrance to the meeting venue, will be sent from 25 March, 2017.

Proposed agenda

1. Opening of the Meeting and address by the Chair of the Board of Directors
2. Election of the Meeting Chair 
3. Preparation and approval of the voting list
4. Approval of the agenda 
5. Election of two persons to verify the minutes
6. Decision whether the Meeting has been duly convened
7. a) Presentation of the annual report and the consolidated accounts for the financial year 2016
   b) Presentation of the auditor’s reports for the bank and the group for the financial year 2016
   c) Address by the CEO
8. Adoption of the profit and loss account and balance sheet of the bank and the consolidated profit and loss account and consolidated balance sheet for the financial year 2016
9. Approval of the allocation of the bank’s profit in accordance with the adopted balance sheet as well as decision on the record date for dividends
10. a–q) Decision whether to discharge the members of the Board of Directors and CEO from liability
11. Determination of the number of Board members
12. Determination of the remuneration to the Board members and the Auditor
13. a–i) Election of the Board members
14. Election of the Chair of the Board of Directors
15. Decision on the Nomination Committee
16. Decision on the guidelines for remuneration to top executives
17. Decision to acquire own shares in accordance with the Securities Market Act
18. Decision on authorization for the Board of Directors to decide on acquisitions of own shares in addition to what is stated in item 17
19. Decision on authorization for the Board of Directors to decide on issuance of convertibles
20. Performance and share based remuneration programs for 2017
    a)    Approval of the resolution of the Board of Directors on a common program (“Eken 2017”)
    b)    Approval of the resolution of the Board of Directors regarding deferred variable remuneration in the form of shares (or another financial instrument in the bank) under the Individual Program (“IP 2017”)
    c)    Decision regarding transfer of own shares
21. Matter submitted by the shareholder Göran Westman regarding suggested proposal to implement the Lean-concept
22. Matter submitted by the shareholder Thorwald Arvidsson regarding suggested proposal:
    a)   to adopt a vision on absolute equality between genders
    b)    to appoint a task force in order to implement the proposal under item 22 a)
    c)    to annually publish a report regarding the proposals under items 22 a) and b)
    d)    to form a shareholders’ association
    e)    to change the regulations concerning the possibility to invoice the Board of Directors’ remuneration
    f)     to amend the section of the articles of association that concerns the Board of Directors
    g)    to suggest that the government office of Sweden implement rules concerning a so-called cool-off period for politicians
    h)    to promote a reform as to small and medium sized shareholders’ representation in Boards of Directors and Nomination Committees
    i)      to examine the extent to which the bank has contributed to tax evasion 
23. Closing of the meeting

Read the full notice in attached pdf-document. The notice will also be available on www.swedbank.com/ir where notification can be submitted.

For further information:
Gabriel Francke Rodau, Head of Group Communication, Swedbank, phone: + 46 70 144 89 66
Gregori Karamouzis, Head of Investor Relations, Swedbank, phone: + 46 72 740 63 38

Swedbank promotes a sound and sustainable financial situation for the many people, households and companies. Our vision is to contribute to development “Beyond Financial Growth”. As a leading bank in the home markets of Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Swedbank offers a wide range of financial services and products. Swedbank has over 7 million retail customers and around 640 000 corporate customers and organisations with 266 branches in Sweden and 143 branches in the Baltic countries. The group is also present in other Nordic countries, the US and China. As of 31 December 2016 the group had total assets of SEK 2 154 billion.
Read more at www.swedbank.com

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