21 February 2024
Welcome to Swedbank's Annual General
Meeting on
26 March 2024
The
shareholders in Swedbank AB (publ) are hereby given notice that the
Annual General Meeting will be held at Cirkus (Cirkusscenen),
Djurgårdsslätten 43-45, Stockholm, at 11:00 am (CET) on Tuesday, 26
March 2024.
Shareholders are welcome for
registration from 09:30 am (CET). Light refreshments will be
offered before the Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting will be
simultaneously interpreted to English.
Pursuant to article 12 of the
Articles of Association of Swedbank AB (publ) ("Swedbank"), the
Board of Directors has resolved that shareholders may also exercise
their voting rights at the Annual General Meeting by postal voting.
Shareholders may therefore choose to exercise their voting rights
at the Annual General Meeting by physical participation, by proxy
or by postal voting. The Board of Directors proposes that the
Annual General Meeting is broadcasted on Swedbank's website,
www.swedbank.com/AGM.
Right to attend the Annual General Meeting and
notice
Participation by attending the
meeting venue
Anyone wishing to participate in the
Annual General Meeting by attending the meeting in person or
through a representative must:
·
be recorded in the share register maintained by
Euroclear Sweden AB ("Euroclear") as per 18 March 2024,
and
·
give notice of their intention to attend the
Annual General Meeting, in accordance with the instructions below,
no later than 20 March 2024. This means that registration only by
postal voting is not sufficient for those who wish to attend the
meeting venue in person.
Notification of participation by
attending the meeting venue must be made to the bank no later than
20 March 2024 in accordance with the following:
·
by post to Swedbank AB, "Annual General Meeting",
c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm,
Sweden,
·
by phone +46 8 402 90 60, or
·
at www.swedbank.com/AGM.
The notification must state name or
company name, personal identification number or corporate
registration number, address, phone number and, if applicable, the
number of persons attending with you (maximum two
persons).
If attending by proxy or
representative, a power of attorney, registration certificate or
other authorisation documents should be sent to the bank at the
above address well in advance of the Annual General Meeting and
preferably no later than 20 March 2024. Power of attorney forms are
available on the bank's website at www.swedbank.com/AGM.
Participation through postal
voting
Anyone wishing to attend the Annual
General Meeting by postal voting, personally or by a proxy
must:
·
be recorded in the share register maintained by
Euroclear as per 18 March 2024, and
·
give notice by casting their postal vote in
accordance with the instructions below, so that the postal vote is
received by Swedbank, c/o Euroclear no later than 20 March
2024.
A special form shall be used for
postal voting. The postal voting form is available on Swedbank's
website www.swedbank.com/AGM.
A 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, Sweden, or by e-mail
to mailto:GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com.
The completed form must be received by Euroclear no later than 20
March 2024. Shareholders may also, no later than 20 March 2024,
cast a postal vote electronically via verification through 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
specified in the form. If the shareholder has included special
instructions or conditions in the form or changed or made
amendments to pre-printed text, the postal vote will be considered
invalid. Further instructions and conditions may 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. A power
of attorney form is available on Swedbank's website
www.swedbank.com/AGM.
If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration certificate or
other authorisation document must be enclosed with the
form.
Please note that anyone who wants to
attend the meeting, in person or by proxy, must give notice about
this in accordance with the instructions under the heading
"Participation by attending the meeting venue" above. This means
that a notice only by postal voting is not sufficient for those who
want to attend the meeting venue.
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 or
casting a postal vote - request that the shares be temporarily
re-registered in their own name so that the shareholder is
registered in the share register maintained by Euroclear as of the
record date on 18 March 2024. Such registration may be temporary
(so-called voting rights registration) and is requested from the
nominee in accordance with the nominee's routines and at such time
in advance decided by the nominee. Voting right registration that
the shareholder has requested at such time that the registration
has been issued by the nominee no later than 20 March 2024 will be
accepted in the preparation of the share register.
Proposed agenda
1. Opening of the
General Meeting
2. Election of Chair of
the General Meeting
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
General Meeting has been duly convened
7. a)
Presentation of the annual report and the consolidated accounts for
the financial year 2023
b) Presentation of the
Auditor's report for the bank and the group for the financial year
2023
8. Adoption of the
profit and loss account and balance sheet of the bank as well as
the consolidated profit and loss account and consolidated balance
sheet for the financial year 2023
9. Decision 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)-j) Election of Board
members
14. Election of the Chair of the
Board of Directors
15. Election of Auditor
16. Decision on the Nomination
Committee
17. Decision to acquire own shares
pursuant to the Securities Market Act
18. Decision on 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 2024
a)
Decision on a general performance and share based
remuneration program for 2024 ("Eken 2024")
b)
Decision on deferred variable remuneration in the form of
shares under the individual program 2024 ("IP 2024")
c) Decision on transfer of
own shares
21. Decision to amend the Articles
of Association
22. Submission of Remuneration
Report for approval
23. Proposal from the shareholder
Carl Axel Bruno regarding change of the software in the bank's
central computers
24. Joint proposal from the
shareholders Greenpeace Nordic and the Swedish Society for Nature
Conservation (Sw. Naturskyddsföreningen) regarding
review of the bank's overall strategy considering the Paris
Agreement
25. Closing of the General
Meeting
For the full notice and more
information, see attachment or visit www.swedbank.com/AGM.
Contact:
Annie
Ho, Head of Investor Relations,
+4670 343 78 15
Hannes
Mård, Media Relations Manager,
+4673-057 41 95
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Attachment:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9904D_1-2024-2-21.pdf