21 February 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:
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:
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:
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 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
b) Presentation of the Auditor’s report for the bank and the group for the financial year 2023
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
For the full notice and more information, see attachment or visit www.swedbank.com/AGM.
Contact:
Annie Ho, Head of Investor Relations, +46 70 343 78 15
Hannes Mård, Media Relations Manager, + 46 73-057 41 95
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