Swedbank A

Capital/Financing Update • Jun 15, 2012

FINAL TERMS

15 June 2012

SWEDBANK AB (publ)

Issue of €1,250,000,000 1.75 per cent. Notes due 18 June 2015

under the U.S.\$40,000,000,000 Global Medium Term Note Programme

PART A - CONTRACTUAL TERMS

Terms used herein shall be deemed to be defined as such for the purposes of the Conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated 15 May 2012 (the "Prospectus") which constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive"). This document constitutes the Final Terms of the Notes described herein for the purposes of Article 5.4 of the Prospectus Directive and must be read in conjunction with the Prospectus. Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Notes is only available on the basis of the combination of these Final Terms and the Prospectus. The Prospectus is available for viewing at the website of the Regulatory News Service operated by the London Stock Exchange plc at http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4518D 1-2012-5-16.pdf and copies may be obtained from the registered office of the Issuer at Brunkebergstorg 8, SE-105 34 Stockholm and from the specified office of the Principal Paying Agent in London.

1.	issuer:		Swedbank AB (publ)
2.	(i)	Series Number:	197
	(ii)	Tranche Number:	1
3.		Specified Currency or Currencies:	Euro (" $\epsilon$ ")
4.	Aggregate Nominal Amount:
	(i)	Series:	€1,250,000,000
	(ii)	Tranche:	€1,250,000,000
5.	Issue Price:		99.803 per cent of the Aggregate Nominal Amount
6.	(i)	Specified Denomination(s):	$€100,000$ and integral multiples of $€1,000$ in excess thereof up to and including £199,000. No Notes in definitive form will be issued with a denomination above €199,000.
	(ii)	Calculation Amount:	€1,000
7.	(i)	Issue Date:	18 June 2012

	(i)	Interest Commencement Date:	18 June 2012
8.	Maturity Date:		18 June 2015
9.	Interest Basis:		1.75 per cent Fixed Rate
			(further particulars specified below)
10.	Redemption/Payment Basis:		Redemption at par
11.	Change of Interest Basis or Redemption/ Payment Basis:		Not Applicable
12.	Put/Call Options:		Not Applicable
13. (i)		Status of the Notes:	Unsubordinated $-$ Condition 3(a) will apply
	(ii)	Date Board approval for issuance of Not Applicable Notes obtained:
14.		Method of distribution:	Syndicated
PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTEREST (IF ANY) PAYABLE
15.	Fixed Rate Note Provisions: (Condition 4(a))		Applicable
	(i)	Rate(s) of Interest:	1.75 per cent per annum payable annually in arrear
	(ii)	Interest Payment Date(s):	18 June in each year, commencing on 18 June 2013, up to and including the Maturity Date
	(iii)	Fixed Coupon Amount(s):	€17.50 per Calculation Amount
	(iv)	Broken Amount(s):	Not Applicable
	(v)	Day Count Fraction:	Actual/Actual (ICMA)
	(v i )	Determination Dates:	18 June in each year
	(vii)	Other terms relating to the method of calculating interest for Fixed Rate Notes:	Not Applicable
16.	Floating Rate Note Provisions:		Not Applicable
17.	Zero Coupon Note Provisions:		Not Applicable
18.	Index-Linked Interest Note/other variable- linked interest Note Provisions:		Not Applicable
19.		Dual Currency Interest Note Provisions:	Not Applicable

PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDEMPTION

1. Issuer Call: Not Applicable $21.$ Investor Put: Not Applicable 22. Final Redemption Amount: $E1,000$ per Calculation Amount 23. Early Redemption Amount:

Early Redemption Amount(s) payable on $\epsilon$ 1,000 per Calculation Amount redemption for taxation reasons or on Event of Default or other early redemption and/or the method of calculating the same (if required or if different from that set out in Condition $5(e)$ :

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTES

1. Form of Notes:

	(i)	Form:	Bearer Notes:
			Temporary Global Note exchangeable for a Permanent Global Note which is exchangeable for Definitive Bearer Notes only upon an Exchange Event
	(ii)	New Global Note:	Yes
25.		Financial Centre(s) or other special provisions relating to Payment Days:	Not Applicable
26.	Talons for future Coupons or Receipts to be attached to Definitive Notes (and dates on which such Talons mature):		No
27.		Details relating to Partly Paid Notes: amount of each payment comprising the Issue Price and date on which each payment is to be made:	Not Applicable
28.		Details relating to Instalment Notes:
	(i)	Instalment Amount(s):	Not Applicable
	(ii)	Instalment Date(s):	Not Applicable
29.		Redenomination, renominalisation and Not Applicable reconventioning provisions:
30.		Consolidation provisions:	Not Applicable
31.	Considerations:	Additional U.S. Federal Income Tax Not Applicable

32.	Other final terms:			Not Applicable
DISTRIBUTION
33.	(i)	If syndicated, Managers:	names	of	Joint Lead Managers BNP Paribas Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch HSBC Bank plc Swedbank AB (publ) Co-Lead Managers Bayerische Landesbank DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral- Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
	(i)	Date of Subscription Agreement:			15 June 2012
	(iii)	Stabilising Manager(s) (if any):			Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
34.	If non-syndicated, name of Dealer:			Not Applicable
35.	Whether TEFRA D rules are applicable or TEFRA rules are not applicable:			TEFRA D
36.	Additional selling restrictions:			Republic of Italy
					As of the date of these Final Terms, the Issuer is not licensed to "collect deposits and other funds with the obligation to reimburse" in the Republic of Italy and therefore, no Notes may be offered, sold or delivered, nor may copies of the Prospectus or of any other

PURPOSE OF FINAL TERMS

These Final Terms comprise the final terms required for issue and admission to trading on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admission to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange plc of the Notes described herein pursuant to the U.S.\$40,000,000,000 Global Medium Term Note Programme of Swedbank AB (publ).

Republic of Italy.

document relating to the Notes be distributed in the

RESPONSIBILITY

The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms.

Signed on behalf of the Issuer: $\overline{\mathcal{N}}$ Γ.∕ $B\tilde{v}$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duly authorised UltJakobsson

PART B-OTHER INFORMATION

$\mathbf{1}$ . LISTING AND ADMISSION TO TRADING

$(i)$ Listing: London $(ii)$ Admission to trading: Application has been made for the Notes to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and admitted to trading on the Regulated Market of the London Stock Exchange plc with effect from the Issue Date. Estimate of total expenses related to $£3,650$ (plus VAT) $(iii)$ admission to trading:

$\overline{2}$ . RATINGS

Ratings:

The Notes to be issued are expected to be rated 'A2' by Moody's Investors Service Ltd. (Moody's), 'A+' by Standard & Poor's Credit Market Services Europe Limited (S&P) and 'A' by Fitch Ratings Ltd. (Fitch).

Each of Moody's, S&P and Fitch is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended).

INTERESTS OF NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS INVOLVED IN THE ISSUE/OFFER $3₁$

Save for any fees payable to the Managers, so far as the Issuer is aware, no person involved in the offer of the Notes has an interest material to the offer.

4. YIELD

Indication of yield:

1.8181 per cent. (annual)

The yield is calculated at the Issue Date on the basis of the Issue Price. It is not an indication of future yield.

5. OPERATIONAL INFORMATION

(i)	ISIN Code:	XS0794246925
(ii)	Common Code:	079424692
(iii)	WKN:	AIG57N
(iv)	Cusip:	Not Applicable
(v)	CINS:	Not Applicable
(vi)	Swiss Security Number:	Not Applicable

• $(vii)$ Any clearing system(s) other than Not Applicable Euroclear Bank SA/NV, Clearstream Banking société anonyme and SIX SIS Ltd (together with the address of each such clearing system) and the relevant identification number(s):
• $(viii)$ Settlement procedures:
• $(ix)$ Delivery:
• Names and addresses of additional $(x)$ Paying Agent(s) (including, in the case of Swiss Domestic Notes, the Principal Swiss Paying Agent and any other Swiss Paying Agents) (if any):
• $(x_i)$ Intended to be held in a manner which would allow Eurosystem eligibility:

Customary medium term note settlement and payment procedures apply

Delivery against payment

Not Applicable

Yes

Note that the designation "yes" simply means that the Notes are intended upon issue to be deposited with one of the ICSDs as common safekeeper and does not necessarily mean that the Notes will be recognised as eligible collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy and intra-day credit operations by the Eurosystem either upon issue or at any or all times during their life. Such recognition will depend upon satisfaction of the Eurosystem eligibility criteria.