ABB : reports participation in Dividend Access Facility 2021

Shareholders representing 229,255,620 shares are participating in ABB Ltd's Dividend Access Facility (DAF), corresponding to 45% of ABB Ltd shares registered with Euroclear Sweden.

Shareholders participating in the DAF will be registered temporarily as shareholders without right to a dividend from ABB Ltd. These shareholders will instead receive their dividend from ABB Ltd's Swedish subsidiary ABB Norden Holding AB. The participating shareholders will for each ABB Ltd share receive one ABB Ltd share without dividend rights (ABB Ltd U), and one dividend right from ABB Norden Holding AB separated from the share (SR1). The ordinary ABB Ltd shares will be re-registered on the shareholders' accounts on April 1, 2021. Assuming that shareholders approve the dividend at ABB Ltd's Annual General Meeting on March 25, 2021, for shareholders participating in the DAF, the dividend payment date is planned to be April 6, 2021.

The ABB Ltd U share will be traded, in parallel with the ABB Ltd share, on NASDAQ Stockholm, during the period March 22, 2021 through March 29, 2021. The ABB Ltd U share's ISIN code is SE0015658307. Trading in dividend rights, SR1, will not be possible.

Further information is available on the ABB Sweden website at www.abb.se/aktie or under the following hotline number: [phone].

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