Nomination Committee's proposal to Nordea's Annual General Meeting 2009

The Nomination Committee of Nordea Bank AB (publ) was established by
decision of the annual general meeting 2008 and comprises Viktoria
Aastrup, Senior Investment Manager, Swedish government and chairman
of the Nomination Committee, Kari Stadigh, deputy CEO of Sampo Abp,
Mogens Hugo, chairman of Nordea-fonden, Ingrid Bonde, managing
director of AMF and Hans Dalborg, chairman of the board of directors.
The Nomination Committee announces today its proposal to Nordea's
annual general meeting on 2 April 2009. The proposals will also be
presented in the notice to attend the meeting.

Election of board members and chairman of the board
The Nomination Committee proposes re-election at the end of the next
annual general meeting of Hans Dalborg, Stine Bosse, Marie Ehrling,
Svein Jacobsen, Tom Knutzen, Lars G Nordström, Timo Peltola, Heidi M
Petersen, Björn Savén and Björn Wahlroos. The Nomination Committee
proposes that Hans Dalborg be re-elected as chairman of the board.
Ursula Ranin is not available for re-election. The number of board
members is thus proposed to be reduced from eleven to ten members.

Independence pursuant to the Swedish code for corporate governance
Stine Bosse is managing director and CEO of TrygVesta A/S with whose
subsidiary TrygVesta Forsikring A/S, companies within the Nordea
group have concluded agreements concerning sales of propertygeneral
insurance products and sales of life and pension products. Lars G
Nordström was employed as President and CEO of Nordea Bank AB (publ)
until 13 April 2007. Of the board members, all members apart from
Stine Bosse and Lars G Nordström are considered independent in
relation to the company and its management. The majority of the
proposed board members are thus independent in relation to the
company and its management.

Björn Wahlroos is managing director and CEO of Sampo Abp, which
together with the subsidiary Försäkringsaktiebolaget Sampo Liv own
more than ten per cent of all shares and votes in Nordea Bank AB
(publ). Of the proposed board members, all members apart from Björn
Wahlroos are considered independent in relation to the company's
major shareholders. At least two of the proposed board members who
are independent in relation to the company and its management are
thus also independent in relation to the company's major
shareholders.

Fees to the board members and auditors
The Nomination Committee proposes unchanged fees to board members
which means that the annual general meeting sets the fees to the
board members in the amount of 252,000 euro to the chairman,
97,650 euro to the deputy chairman and 75,600 euro per member to the
other members. In addition fees shall be paid for extra board
meetings in the amount of 1,840 euro per meeting and for committee
meetings 2,370 euro per meeting to the committee's chairman and
1,840 euro per meeting to the other members. Fees are not paid to the
members who are employees of the Nordea group.

Fees to the auditors are proposed to be payable as per invoice.

Establishment of Nomination Committee
It is proposed that a new nomination committee be established with
the task of presenting to the annual general meeting 2010 proposals
concerning election of board of directors, chairman of the board and
auditors and also fees to the board members and auditors.

Report on the Nomination Committee's work
A report concerning how the Nomination Committee has conducted its
work will be available on Nordea's website www.nordea.com from 26
February.


For further information:
Viktoria Aastrup, chairman of the Nomination Committee, +46 8 405 36
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