Share capital

SEB's share capital consists of Class A and Class C shares, which are listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange.

The share capital has changed as follows since the bank was formed in 1972:

Year	Transaction	Nominal amount per share	Change in no. of shares	Issued no. of shares	Share capital, MSEK
2026	Bonus issue			1,985,461,084	21,942
2026	Reduction of the share capital		-57,236,390	1,985,461,084	21,327
2025	Bonus issue			2,042,697,474	21,942
2025	Reduction of the share capital		-57,138,831	2,042,697,474	21,345
2024	Bonus issue			2,099,836,305	21,942
2024	Reduction of the share capital		-40,147,190	2,099,836,305	21,530
2023	Bonus issue			2,139,983,495	21,942
2023	Reduction of the share capital		-38,738,439	2,139,983,495	21,552
2022	Bonus issue			2,178,721,934	21,942
2022	Reduction of the share capital		-15,449,868	2,178,721,934	21,787
2009	Rights issue*	10.00	1,507,015,171	2,194,171,802	21,942
2005	Reduction of the share capital		-17,401,049	687,156,631	6,872
1999	Rights issue	35.00	116,311,618	704,557,680	7,046
1997	Non-cash issue	91.30	61,267,733	588,246,062	5,882
1994	Conversion		59,001	526,978,329	5,270
1993	Rights issue 1:1	20.00	263,459,664	526,919,328	5,269
1990	Directed issue**	88.42	6,530,310	263,459,664	2,635
1989	Bonus issue 9A+1C:10		128,464,677	256,929,354	2,569
1986	Rights issue 1A:15***	90.00	8,029,042	128,464,677	1,284
1984	Split 5:1		96,348,508	120,435,635	1,204
1983	Rights issue 1A:5	160.00	4,014,521	24,087,127	1,204
1982	Bonus issue 1A:5		3,345,434	20,072,606	1,004
1981	Rights issue 1B:10	110.00	1,520,652	16,727,172	837
1977	Split 2:1		7,603,260	15,206,520	760
1976	Rights issue 1:6	140.00	1,086,180	7,603,260	760
1975	Rights issue 1:5	125.00	1,086,180	6,517,080	652
1972				5,430,900	543

*Download the Rights issue prospectus (pdf)

**The issue was directed at the member-banks of Scandinavian Banking Partners.

***The recorded share capital at 31 December, 1986 was still SEK 1,204m, since the proceeds from the rights issue were not paid in full until early 1987.

Through splits in 1977 (2:1) and 1984 (5:1), the nominal value of the shares was changed from SEK 100 to SEK 10.

Frequently asked questions about C shares

The Class C shares were introduced to facilitate foreign ownership at the end of the 1980s.

SEB’s Class C shares entitles to 1/10th of a vote while Class A shares entitles to one vote.

The number of Class C shares constitute around 1% of SEB’s share capital and trading volumes are limited.

The prerequisites for creating one class of shares, with the same rights as the Class A shares, have been reviewed. The review has shown that there are significant practical difficulties to implement such a structure. According to the Swedish Companies Act, a proposal that the Class C shares should carry the same rights as the Class A shares requires that the proposal is supported by shareholders representing at least 2/3 of the votes cast and shares represented at a General Meeting of Shareholders and by 9/10 of the Class A shares represented at the General Meeting. Furthermore, approval from a majority of all Class A shareholders is required. The reason for this is that a resolution to this effect would lead to a certain dilution for the Class A shareholders. Since the number of shareholders in SEB is large, obtaining such approval would be a drawn-out and complicated procedure.

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Investor Relations contact page

Pawel Wyszynski, Head of Investor Relations, +46 70 462 21 11
Philippa Allard, Head of Debt Investor Relations, +46 70 618 83 35
Per Andersson, Senior Investor Relations Officer, +46 70 667 74 81
Amelie Blecher, Senior Investor Relations Officer, Equity and Debt, +46 70 462 21 96
Paula Dennholt, Senior Sustainability Investor Relations Officer, +46 70 763 94 68
Malin Lundin, Investor Relations Officer, +46 70 763 50 50