Swedbank AGM Confirms Board, Boosts Dividend and Capital Flexibility

Swedbank ( ($SE:SWED.A) ) has issued an announcement.

Swedbank’s 2026 Annual General Meeting confirmed a largely unchanged board, re-electing ten members and appointing Rikard Josefson as a new director, with Göran Persson retained as chair and Biörn Riese named deputy chair. Shareholders also discharged the board, employee representatives and CEO from liability, and reappointed Öhrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB with Helena Kaiser de Carolis as chief auditor.

The AGM approved the 2025 accounts and a total dividend of SEK 29.80 per share, combining an ordinary and a special payout, signalling strong capital generation and a continued commitment to shareholder returns. Investors also backed a detailed board and committee remuneration framework, authorised share buy-backs and potential convertible issues, and approved new 2026 performance and share-based incentive programmes, underscoring Swedbank’s focus on capital flexibility, governance and long-term incentive alignment.

The most recent analyst rating on ($SE:SWED.A) stock is a Hold with a SEK324.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Swedbank stock, see the SE:SWED.A Stock Forecast page.

More about Swedbank

Swedbank is a leading Nordic-Baltic banking group providing retail and corporate banking services to over 7 million retail customers and 550,000 corporate clients. The bank focuses on its four home markets of Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, while also maintaining a presence in other Nordic countries, the U.S. and China, with an emphasis on financial stability and sustainability.

Average Trading Volume: 2,715,518

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: SEK369.1B

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