Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Avanza Bank Holding AB (publ)

Shareholders who do not wish to attend the annual general meeting, may exercise their voting rights at the general meeting by postal voting in advance no later than Friday 5 April 2024.

The right to participate in the general meeting
Shareholders who wish to participate in the general meeting must

• be recorded in the share register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB on Wednesday 3 April 2024, and
• no later than on Friday 5 April 2024 either
  • give notice of their attendance at the general meeting via telephone +46 (0)8 402 90 18, via Euroclear Sweden AB's website https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy, by e-mail to GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com or by post to: Avanza Bank Holding AB, “AGM”, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm, Sweden, or
  • cast their postal vote in accordance with the instructions set under the heading "Postal voting" below. The postal vote must be received by Euroclear Sweden AB on Friday 5 April 2024, at the latest.

To be entitled to participate in the general meeting, shareholders with nominee-registered shares, through a bank or other nominee, must register their shares in their own name with Euroclear Sweden AB (so-called voting rights registration). Shareholders requesting such registration should notify their nominee well in advance of Wednesday 3 April 2024. Voting rights registration that has been requested by the shareholder at such time that the registration has been completed by the nominee no later than on Friday 5 April 2024 will be taken into account in the preparation of the share register.

Postal voting
Shareholders who do not wish to attend the general meeting in person may choose to exercise their voting rights at the general meeting by voting in advance, so-called postal voting, in accordance with the provisions in the articles of association of Avanza Bank Holding AB. Shareholders may, on or before Friday 5 April 2024, cast their votes electronically through verification with Swedish BankID via Euroclear Sweden AB's website https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy.

A special form should be used for postal voting by post or e-mail. The postal voting form is available on Avanza's website https://investors.avanza.se/en/corporate-governance/agm/annual-general-meeting-2024/. A completed and signed postal voting form can be submitted by post to Avanza Bank Holding AB, “AGM”, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm, Sweden or by e-mail to GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com. A completed form must be received by Euroclear Sweden AB on Friday 5 April 2024, at the latest.

The shareholder may not provide any other instructions than marking the response alternatives in the postal voting form. If the shareholder has included special instructions or conditions, or supplemented or amended the pre-printed text, the postal vote will be invalid. Further instructions and terms are set out in the postal voting form and on https://anmalan.vpc.se/EuroclearProxy.

If you have any questions, please call +46 (0)8 402 90 18.

Proxies
If a shareholder intends to be represented by proxy at the annual general meeting, such shareholder is asked to submit a power of attorney and other authorisation documents by e-mail to GeneralMeetingService@euroclear.com or by post to Avanza Bank Holding AB, “AGM”, c/o Euroclear Sweden AB, Box 191, 101 23 Stockholm, Sweden together with the notice of attendance to the general meeting.

If a shareholder submits its postal vote by proxy, a written and dated power of attorney signed by the shareholder must be attached to the postal voting form. If the shareholder is a legal entity, a registration certificate or other authorisation document must be attached to the form.

Power of attorney forms are available on Avanza's website at https://investors.avanza.se/en/corporate-governance/agm/annual-general-meeting-2024/

Processing of personal data
Personal data collected from the share register, the notification to participate in the annual general meeting and information regarding representatives and proxies will be used for registration, preparation of voting register for the annual general meeting and, if applicable, the minutes from the annual general meeting. For information regarding the process of personal data in connection with the annual general meeting please see the integrity policy on Euroclear Sweden AB's website https://www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf.

Proposed Agenda

1. Opening of the meeting
2. Appointment of the chairman at the meeting
3. Preparation and approval of the voting register
4. Resolution regarding video recording of the general meeting
5. Approval of the agenda
6. Appointment of one or two persons to attest the minutes
7. Examination of whether the meeting has been duly convened
8. Speech by the CEO
9. Presentation of the annual report, the auditor's report, the consolidated accounts and the auditor's report for the financial year of 2023
10. Resolution on
    1. adopting the profit and loss statement and the balance sheet and the consolidated profit and loss statement and balance sheet
    2. allocation of the company's profit or loss according to the adopted balance sheet, and
    3. discharge from liability for the directors of the board and the managing director
11. Resolution on the number of directors of the board
12. Approval of the remuneration for the directors of the board
13. Approval of the remuneration for the auditor
14. Appointment of the board of directors
15. Appointment of the chairman of the board of directors and the deputy chairman of the board of directors
16. Appointment of auditor
17. Resolution on
    1. authorization for the board of directors to acquire the company's own shares
    2. authorization for the board of directors to transfer the company's own shares
18. Resolution on authorization for the board of directors to resolve on new share issues
19. Resolution on issuance of warrants intended for the incentive program for employees (Series 2024/2027)
20. Resolution on guidelines for remuneration to senior executives
21. Approval of remuneration report
22. Closing of the meeting

Proposals
The proposals for resolutions are set out in the notice attached to this press release.

Shareholders' right to request information
The board of directors and the managing director shall, if so requested by a shareholder and, in the opinion of the Board, it can be effected without material harm being caused to the company, provide information at the general meeting in respect of any circumstances which may affect the assessment of a matter on the agenda or any circumstances which may affect the assessment of the company's financial position. The obligation to provide information also applies to the company's relationship to another group company and the consolidated financial statements as well circumstances regarding subsidiaries.

Documents
The annual report and the auditor's report, the statement by the auditor pursuant to Chapter 8, Section 54 of the Swedish Companies Act, the complete proposals of the board of directors in accordance with the above, and the board of directors’ statement regarding the proposed dividend and acquisition of the company's own shares will be available at the company's office no later than on Thursday 21 march 2024 and will be sent to those shareholders who so request. All documents will also be available, as of the same date, on the company’s website www.avanza.se/ir.

Details of number of shares, votes and holding of own shares
The total number of shares and votes in the company on the date of issue of this notice was 157,236,949. All shares issued are ordinary shares. The company owns none of its own shares.

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Stockholm in March 2024
The Board of Directors of Avanza Bank Holding AB (publ)