Welcome to Swedbank´s Annual General Meeting 2022

The shareholders in Swedbank AB are hereby given notice that the Annual General Meeting will be held at Folkets Hus, Barnhusgatan 12-14, Stockholm, at 11:00 am (CET) on Wednesday 30 March 2022.

Shareholders are welcome from 10:15 am (CET). Due to the ongoing pandemic, there will be no arrangements before the meeting.

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

 
Pursuant to chapter 12 of Swedbank AB’s Articles of Association, the Board of Directors has resolved that shareholders may exercise their voting rights at the Annual General Meeting by post. Shareholders may therefore choose to exercise their voting rights in person at the meeting, by proxy or through postal voting. The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting is broadcasted over web link.

Those who wish to exercise their voting rights at the Annual General Meeting must:

• be recorded in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB (“Euroclear”, the Swedish Central Securities Depository) on 22 March 2022 (the “Record Date”), and
• give notice to the company of their intention to attend the Annual General Meeting according to the instructions under the heading “Notification of attendance in person or by proxy” or cast a postal vote according to the instructions under the heading “Instructions for postal voting” no later than 24 March 2022.

Nominee-registered shares

Shareholders whose shares are nominee-registered through a bank or other authorised depositary, e.g. in a custody account, must – in addition to giving notice of their attendance request that the shares be temporarily re-registered in their own name so that the shareholder is registered in Euroclear’s share register as of the Record Date on 22 March 2022. Re-registration may be temporary (so-called voting rights registration) and requested from the nominee in advance in accordance with the nominee’s routines. Voting right registration that the shareholder has requested and has been issued by the nominee no later than 24 March 2022 will be accepted in the preparation of the share register.

Notification of attendance in person or by proxy

Shareholders who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting in person or by proxy must notify the company of this no later than 24 March 2022 either:

•          in writing to Swedbank AB, “Annual General Meeting”, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm, or

•          by phone +46 8 402 90 60, or

•          at www.swedbank.com/AGM

In the notification, provide your name or company name, personal or organisation ID number, address, phone number and, if applicable, the number of persons attending with you (max two).

If attending by proxy or representative, a power of attorney, registration certificate or other authorisation document should be sent to the bank at the above address well in advance of the Annual General Meeting and preferably by 24 March 2022. Power of attorney forms are available on the bank’s website at www.swedbank.com/AGM.

Confirmation of notification will be sent out after 24 March 2022.

Instructions for postal voting

A special form shall be used for postal voting. Postal voting form is available at Swedbank AB’s website www.swedbank.com/AGM.

Completed and signed postal voting form can be sent by post to Swedbank AB, “AGM”, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm, or by e-mail to GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com. The completed form must be received by Euroclear no later than 24 March 2022. Shareholders who are physical persons may also, on or before 24 March 2022, cast a postal vote electronically via verification with BankID on Euroclear’s website https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy.

The shareholder may not give instructions other than to mark one of the alternative answers on the form. If the shareholder has included special instructions or conditions on the form, or changed or made amendments to the pre-printed text, the postal vote will be considered invalid. Further instructions and conditions can be found in the postal voting form and at https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy .

If a shareholder casts a postal vote by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder shall be enclosed with the postal voting form. Power of attorney forms are available on Swedbank AB’s website at www.swedbank.com/AGM . If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration certificate or other authorisation document must be enclosed with the form.

Those who wish to withdraw a postal vote and instead cast their vote by participating in the Annual General Meeting in person or by proxy must notify the Annual General Meeting’s secretariat before the meeting is opened.

Proposed agenda

1. Opening of the Meeting
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 2021

b) Presentation of the auditor’s reports for the bank and the group for the financial year 2021

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 2021
9. Resolution on the allocation of the bank’s profit in accordance with the adopted balance sheet as well as decision on the record date for dividend
10. a-q) Decision whether to discharge the members of the Board of Directors and the 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–l) 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 regarding authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide on acquisitions of own shares in addition to what has been stated in item 17
19. Decision on authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of convertibles
20. Decision on performance and share based remuneration programs for 2022

a)      Approval of the resolution of the Board of Directors regarding the common performance and share based remuneration program 2022 (“Eken 2022”)

b)      Approval of the resolution of the Board of Directors regarding deferred variable remuneration in the form of shares under the Individual Program 2022 (“IP 2022”)

c)      Decision regarding transfer of own shares

21. Submission of remuneration report for approval
22. Matter submitted by shareholder Carl Axel Bruno regarding change of the software in the bank's central computer.
23. Matter submitted by the shareholder Tommy Jonasson regarding establishing an integration institute with operations in the Öresund region (Landskrona - Copenhagen).
24. Closing of the meeting

Read the full notice in attached pdf-document, which will also be available on http://www.swedbank.com/AGM.

Contact:
Annie Ho, Head of Investor Relations, phone: + 46 70 343 78 15

Ralf Bagner, Media Relations Manager, phone: + 46 73 042 16 49

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