Nasdaq OMX Copenhagen London Stock Exchange Bourse de Luxembourg Other stakeholders Company Announcement No 04/10 Group Executive Management Peberlyk 4 • PO Box 1038 DK-6200 Aabenraa Tel +45 74 37 37 37 Fax +45 74 37 36 35 www.sydbank.com SWIFT SYBKDK22 Sydbank A/S CVR No DK 12626509, Aabenraa jaak@sydbank.dk Direct tel +45 74 37 20 05 4 March 2010 Dear Sirs The Annual General Meeting of Sydbank A/S Today, Sydbank's AGM gathered at Folkehjem in Aabenraa and adopted the Directors' Report and 2009 Annual Report. Chairman of the Board of Directors, former County Mayor Mr Kresten Philipsen, presented the Directors' Report to the AGM and stated that profit for 2009 is satisfactory and once again ranks Sydbank among the best performing banks. At the AGM five new members were elected and 23 members were reelected to the Shareholders' Committee, which now counts 61 members. KPMG Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab was re-appointed auditor. Moreover the AGM adopted the proposals submitted by the Board of Directors to amend Article 6 (1) notice to the General Meeting, Article 6 (2) documents available at the Bank's website prior to the General Meeting, Article 7 (1) notice convening Extraordinary General Meeting, Article 8 (3) proposals submitted by shareholders, Article 9 (2) the shareholder's attendance at the General Meeting and Article 16 (3) reference to the Danish Companies Act. The authority to allow the Board of Directors to acquire own shares was re-newed. Yours faithfully Jakob Aakjær Head of Executive Secretariat