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RNS Number : 9428X Swedbank AB 24 March 2026
Press Release
24 March 2026
Swedbank's Annual General Meeting 2026
Swedbank has today on 24 March 2026 held its Annual General Meeting. The
Annual General Meeting decided in accordance with the Board of Directors' and
the Nomination Committee's proposals.
The Annual General Meeting decided that there shall be eleven board members
and to re-elect Göran Bengtsson, Annika Creutzer, Kerstin Hermansson, Helena
Liljedahl, Anna Mossberg, Per Olof Nyman, Biljana Pehrsson, Göran Persson,
Biörn Riese and Rasmus Roos. Rikard Josefson was elected as new board member.
The Annual General Meeting elected Göran Persson as Chair of the Board of
Directors. At the statutory Board meeting, Biörn Riese was appointed deputy
Chair of the Board of Directors. The Annual General Meeting resolved to
discharge from liability the members of the Board of Directors, the deputy
members appointed by the employee organisations, and the CEO.
Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB was elected as auditor for the period
until the end of the 2027 Annual General Meeting. Chief Auditor is Helena
Kaiser de Carolis.
The Annual General Meeting decided to adopt 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 2025.
The Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of SEK 29.80 per share, of
which SEK 20.45 per share is ordinary dividend and SEK 9.35 per share is
special dividend, shall be distributed to the shareholders. The record date
for the dividend was set at 26 March 2026.
The Annual General Meeting adopted the following remuneration:
· SEK 3,600,000 to the Chair of the Board of Directors
· SEK 1,200,000 to the deputy Chair of the Board of Directors
· SEK 860,000 to each of the other Board members
· SEK 600,000 to the Chair of the Board's Risk and Capital Committee
· SEK 340,000 to each of the other members of the Board's Risk and
Capital Committee
· SEK 600,000 to the Chair of the Board's Audit Committee
· SEK 340,000 to each of the other members of the Board's Audit
Committee
· SEK 435,000 to the Chair of the Board's Remuneration and
Sustainability Committee
· SEK 255,000 to each of the other members of
the Board's Remuneration and Sustainability Committee
· SEK 515,000 to the Chair of the Board's Governance Committee
· SEK 310,000 to each of the other members of the Board's
Governance Committee
Auditor's fee shall be payable by approved invoice.
Other decisions
In addition, the Annual General Meeting decided the following:
· Decision on principles on how the Nomination Committee shall be
appointed and instruction for the Nomination Committee's work.
· Decision to acquire own shares in accordance with the Securities
Market Act.
· Decision regarding authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide
on the acquisition of own shares in addition to acquisition in accordance with
the Securities Market Act.
· Decision on authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide on the
issuance of convertibles.
· Approval of performance and share-based remuneration programs for
2026 for the Swedbank Group - consisting of a general 2026 program and an
individual 2026 program - as well as a decision regarding the transfer of
ordinary shares etc. under the 2026 programs and programs adopted by previous
Annual General Meetings.
· Approval of submitted Remuneration Report.
The proposals can be read in full at www.swedbank.com/AGM
(http://www.swedbank.com/AGM) , where the minutes with the AGM's decisions
will also be published no later than 7 April 2026.
Contact
Maria Caneman, Head Investor Relations
Phone: +46 72 238 32 10
Email: maria.caneman@swedbank.se (mailto:maria.caneman@swedbank.se)
Hannes Mård, Head of Press
Phone: +46 73 057 41 95
Email: hannes.mard@swedbank.se
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