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RNS Number : 8387U  Swedbank AB  27 January 2025

 

Press Release

 

27 January 2025

 

Swedbank's Nomination Committee - proposal to the Annual General Meeting on 26
March 2025

·    Re-election of the following Board members: Göran Persson, Göran
Bengtsson, Annika Creutzer, Hans Eckerström, Kerstin Hermansson, Helena
Liljedahl, Anna Mossberg, Per Olof Nyman, Biljana Pehrsson and Biörn Riese.

·    Election of Rasmus Roos.

·    Göran Persson is proposed as Chair of the Board of Directors.

·    Election of Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB as external
auditor.

The Nomination Committee's proposal entails that the number of Board members
elected by the general meeting should be eleven, i.e. one more than in 2024,
of which six are men and five are women.

 

Rasmus Roos has extensive experience from the banking and finance industry. He
has held various senior management positions in Sparbanken Finn, Sparbanken
Öresund, and Sparbanken Skåne. He is CEO in Sparbanken Skåne since 2021.

Independence according to the Swedish Corporate Governance Code

All proposed Board members, except Göran Bengtsson and Rasmus Roos, are
considered independent in relation to the bank and the management of the bank.
All proposed Board members are considered independent in relation to the major
shareholders of the bank.

The Chair of the Nomination Committee, Lennart Haglund, comments:

"The work in the Board of Directors is functioning very well under the
leadership of Göran Persson and has continued to develop positively during
the year. To further strengthen the Board of Directors competence within
banking, the Nomination Committee has decided to nominate Rasmus Roos, CEO at
Sparbanken Skåne, to the Board of Directors".

The Nomination Committee proposes that the lawyer Wilhelm Lüning is appointed
Chair of the Annual General Meeting 2025.

The Nomination Committee consists of the following members: Lennart Haglund,
Chair, (Sparbankernas Ägareförening), Ylva Wessén (the owner-group
Folksam), Annette Björkman (the owner-group Sparbanksstiftelserna), Anders
Oscarsson (AMF and AMF Funds), Magnus Tell (Alecta Tjänstepension), and
Göran Persson (Chair of the Board of Directors of Swedbank).

 

The entire proposal of the Nomination Committee, including proposal on
remuneration for Board members and auditors, Principles on how the Nomination
Committee shall be appointed and Instruction for the Nomination Committee,
will be presented in connection to the convening notice for the Annual General
Meeting and be available on Swedbank's website.

 

Swedbank's Annual General Meeting will take place on 26 March 2025.

 

Contact:

Lennart Haglund, Chair of the Nomination Committee, telephone:
+46 705 575 129.

 

 

 

 

Swedbank empowers the many people and businesses to create a better future.
Our vision is a financially sound and sustainable society. Swedbank Group is
the leading bank with over 7 million retail customers and 550 000 corporate
customers in our four home markets: Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Swedbank Group is also present in other Nordic countries, the U.S. and China.
Together we make your financial life easier. Find out more: www.swedbank.com

 

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