Publication of Change in the Total Number of Shares and Votes in Swedbank

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

Due to the rights issue of ordinary shares in Swedbank AB (publ) ("Swedbank"), the total number of shares and votes in Swedbank as per 30 November 2009 amounts to 1,159,590,177. Of the total number of shares in Swedbank, 939,953,583 are ordinary shares and 219,636,594 are preference shares.

Accordingly, all subscribed ordinary shares in the rights issue have been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office.

Swedbank’s vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets where we are present. Swedbank has 9.4 million retail customers and 600,000 corporate customers with 419 branches in Sweden, 278 branches in the Baltic countries and another 215 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2008 the group had total assets of SEK 1,812 billion and approximately 21,000 employees. For more information about Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.

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