At the annual general meeting of Danske Bank on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, the
shareholders
• approved the 2007 Annual Report and dividends of DKr8.50 for each share of
DKr10
• re-elected Alf Duch-Pedersen, General Manager; Henning Christophersen, Partner
at Kreab Brussels;Sten Scheibye, Chief Executive of Coloplast A/S; Claus
Vastrup, Professor of Economics at University of Aarhus; and Birgit
Aagaard-Svendsen, Executive Vice President and CFO of J.Lauritzen A/S; and
elected Mats Jansson, CEO of SAS AB, to the Board of Directors
• re-appointed Grant Thornton, Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktieselskab, and
appointed KPMG Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab as external auditors
• renewed the authorisation of Danske Bank to acquire its own shares
• approved the general guidelines for incentive pay to the Board of Directors
and the Executive Board
• approved the Board of Directors' proposal to amend Article 17.3 of the
Articles of Association and adopted a resolution about “A Bill to provide
that the statutory right of Northern Bank Limited to issue bank notes shall
transfer and apply to Danske Bank A/S, and for connected purposes'
The general meeting did not approve a proposal to amend the Articles of
Association submitted by a shareholder.
Immediately following the annual general meeting, the Board of Directors met to
elect its chairman and vice chairman.
Alf Duch-Pedersen, General Manager, continues as chairman and Eivind Kolding,
Partner of the firm A.P. Møller and CEO of E. Kolding Shipping ApS, as vice
chairman.
