Swedbank's Annual General Meeting 2013

At today's Annual General Meeting, all current Board members were re-elected,
namely, Olav Fjell, Ulrika Francke, Göran Hedman, Lars Idermark, Anders Igel,
Pia Rudengren, Charlotte Strömberg, Anders Sundström, Karl Henrik Sundström and
Siv Svensson.

The Annual General Meeting elected Anders Sundström as Chair of the Board of
Directors. The Annual General Meeting resolved unchanged Board fees.
Lars Idermark was elected Deputy Chair at the Board of Directors' statutory
meeting held directly after the Annual General Meeting. The statutory meeting
also decided that the Risk and Capital Committee shall consist of Anders
Sundström, Chair, Ulrika Francke, Göran Hedman, Lars Idermark and Pia Rudengren.
The Audit and Compliance Committee shall consist of Ulrika Francke, Chair,
Charlotte Strömberg, Karl-Henrik Sundström and Siv Svensson and the Remuneration
Committee shall consist of Anders Sundström, Chair, Olav Fjell, Lars Idermark
and Anders Igel.
Dividend
The Annual General Meeting decided that the dividend for fiscal 2012 distributed
to shareholders shall be SEK 9.90 per preference share and SEK 9.90 per ordinary
share. The dividend cut-off date was set at 25 March 2013. Given the cut-off
date, the dividend will be distributed by Euroclear on 28 March 2013.
Other decisions
Decision on guidelines for remuneration to top executives
Decision to acquire own shares in accordance with the Securities Market Act
Decision on authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide on the
acquisition of own shares in addition to the acquisition in accordance with the
Securities Market Act
Decision on authorisation for the Board of Directors to decide on issuance of
convertible instruments
Performance and share based remuneration program for 2013 for the Swedbank Group
- partly a common 2013 program and partly an individual 2013 program - as well
as a decision regarding the transfer or ordinary shares etc under the 2013
program and previous programs decided by the General Meeting.

Lars Idermark’s and Michael Wolf's address to the AGM can be both read and seen
(webcast) on www.swedbank.se/ir during the day.

For further information please contact:
Thomas Backteman, Head of Corporate Affairs, Swedbank, phone: +46 708-31 11 66
Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95

Swedbank promotes a sound and sustainable financial situation for the many
people, households and companies. Our vision is to contribute to a development
“Beyond Financial Growth”. As a leading bank in the home markets Sweden,
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Swedbank offers a wide range of financial
services and products. Swedbank has 7.8 million retail customers and around
600,000 corporate customers and organizations with 310 branches in Sweden and
approximately 200 branches in the Baltic countries. The group is also present in
other Nordic countries, the U.S., China, Russia and Ukraine. As of 31 December,
2012 the group had total assets of SEK 1,847 billion. Read more at
www.swedbank.com