Nomination to the Board of Directors of Swedbank AB 2012

Nomination to the Board of Directors of Swedbank AB 2012

Swedbank’s Nomination Committee proposes Charlotte Strömberg as new member of
the Board. The Nomination Committee further suggests re-election of the board
members Olav Fjell, Ulrika Francke, Göran Hedman, Lars Idermark, Anders Igel,
Pia Rudengren, Anders Sundström, Karl-Henrik Sundström and Siv Svensson. Helle
Kruse Nielsen has declared that she is not available for re-election.

According to the proposal from the Nomination Committee the number of board
members, elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), will remain unchanged at
ten.
The Nomination Committee further proposes Lars Idermark as Chair of the Board.
The Nomination Committee suggests unchanged remuneration for the Board during
the next election period. Fees for accountant will continue to be paid on
account.

The AGM for Swedbank 2012 will take place at Dansens Hus in Stockholm, Tuesday
27 March 2012.
The Nomination Committee proposes that the lawyer Claes Beyer will Chair the AGM
2012.

The Nomination Committee prior to the AGM 2012 has the following members:
Lennart Anderberg, appointed by owner-group Föreningen Sparbanksintressenter,
Chair of the Nomination Committee
Tommy Hjalmarsson, appointed by owner-group Sparbanksstiftelserna
Lars Idermark, Chair of the Board of Directors of Swedbank
Tomas Norderheim, appointed by owner-group Folksam
Rose Marie Westman, appointed by Alecta

The entire proposal of the Nomination Committee will be presented in the
invitation to the AGM and be available on Swedbank´s website.

Further information, please contact:
Lennart Anderberg, Chair of the Nomination Committee, Swedbank, telephone: +46
73 226 00 59
Emma Bergfeldt, pressofficer, Swedbank, telephone: +46 70 203 4999

Appendix 1

Charlotte Strömberg, born 1959
Education: Degree in Economics and Business Administration, Stockholm School of
Economics, 1983
CEO, Nordics, Jones Lang LaSalle, 2006-2011
Various leading positions within Carnegie Investment Bank, 1997-2005, among
which Head of Investment Banking, Sweden
Various leading positions within Alfred Berg, ABN AMRO, Stockholm 1986-1997
Consensus Fondkommission AB, Stockholm, 1985-1986
Robur AB, Stockholm, 1984-1985

Current Board assignments:
Skanska AB, Intrum Justitia AB, Fourth Swedish National Pensions Fund
Proposed as Chair of the Board of Directors of Castellum AB and as Board member
of Boomerang AB