EBA stress test confirms Nordea’s strong position

Nordea was subject to the 2016 EU‐wide stress test conducted by the European
Banking Authority (EBA) in cooperation with the Swedish FSA, the European
Commission (EC) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).

Nordea’s strong capital position and business model were confirmed by the EBA EU
-wide common methodology stress test published today on 29 July. In the adverse
stress test scenario Nordea’s capital ratio fell from 16.5% at year-end 2015 to
14.1% at year-end 2018. The negative impact is comparable to stress tests with
the same degree of severity carried out internally and by regulators, and it
does not induce any changes to Nordea’s capital planning or capital targets. The
stress test does not set any pre-defined level for passing or failing.

Nordea notes the announcements made today by the EBA on the EU‐wide stress test
and acknowledges the outcomes of this stress test exercise as a benchmark for EU
banks based on a common methodology.

The adverse stress test scenario was set by the ECB/ESRB and covers a three‐year
time horizon (2016‐2018). The stress test has been carried out applying a static
balance sheet assumption as at December 2015, and therefore does not take into
account future business strategies and management actions. It is not a forecast
of Nordea’s profits.


EBA’s webpage                                                   ECB’s webpage


www.eba.europa.eu                                           www.ecb.europa.eu




For further information:
Rodney Alfvén, Head of Investor Relations, +46 72 235 05 15




Nordea is among the ten largest universal banks in Europe in terms of total
market capitalisation and has around 11 million customers, 30,000 employees and
approximately 600 branch office locations. The Nordea share is listed on the
Nasdaq Stockholm, Nasdaq Helsinki and Nasdaq Copenhagen exchanges. We have a
broad expertise across the wide range of products, services and solutions that
we provide within banking, asset management and insurance. In Nordea we build
trusted relationships through our strong engagement with both customers and
society.