Nomination to the Board of Directors of Swedbank 2015

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Swedbank AB (STO:SWEDA)(OSE:SWED)(LSE:SWK):

The nomination committee proposes re-election of all board members Anders Sundström, Ulrika Francke, Göran Hedman, Lars Idermark, Anders Igel, Pia Rudengren, Karl-Henrik Sundström, Siv Svensson and Maj-Charlotte Wallin.

According to the proposal the number of board members, to be elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), is nine. Furthermore, the nomination committee proposes Anders Sundström as Chair of the Board of Directors.

The nomination committee proposes to raise the remuneration for the Board of Directors calculated on an annual basis as follows, corresponding to an average raise of 1.93 percent: SEK 2 390 000 (2 350 000) for the Chair of the Board of Directors; SEK 815 000 (800 000) for the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors; SEK 510 000 (500 000) for the ordinary members of the Board of Directors; SEK 255 000 (250 000) for the Chair of the Board’s audit committee; SEK 205 000 (200 000) for other members of the Board’s audit committee; SEK 255 000 (250 000) for the Chair of the Board’s risk and capital committee; SEK 205 000 (200 000) for other members of the Board’s risk and capital committee. Unchanged remuneration is proposed for each member of the Board’s remuneration committee i.e. SEK 100 000,

Swedbank AB’s nomination committee proposes that fees to the auditor continue to be paid on approved account.

Swedbank AB’s 2015 AGM will take place at Dansens Hus in Stockholm, on 26 March 2015. The nomination committee proposes Claes Zettermarck, lawyer, as Chair of the 2015 AGM.

Prior to the 2015 AGM, the nomination committee comprises the following: Lennart Anderberg, appointed by owner-group Föreningen Sparbanksgruppen, Chair of the nomination committee; Ramsay Brufer, appointed by Alecta; Jens Henriksson, appointed by Folksam; Johan Sidenmark, appointed by AMF; Anders Sundström, Chair of the Board of Directors of Swedbank AB.

The entire proposal of the nomination committee will be included in the AGM invitation and also be available on Swedbank’s website.

Swedbank promotes a sound and sustainable financial situation for the many people, households and companies. Our vision is to contribute to development "Beyond Financial Growth”. As a leading bank in the home markets of Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Swedbank offers a wide range of financial services and products. Swedbank has over 8 million retail customers and around 600 000 corporate customers and organisations with 314 branches in Sweden and 156 branches in the Baltic countries. The group is also present in other Nordic countries, the US and China. As of 31 December 2014 the group had total assets of SEK 2 121 billion. Read more at www.swedbank.com

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