Management changes at Handelsbanken

Frank Vang-Jensen has been appointed Head of Branch operations in Sweden. He has
been a member of the Bank’s Group management since 2006 and is currently Head of
Branch operations in Denmark.

Yonnie Bergqvist has been appointed Head of Retail and E-services, which will
develop services for e-commerce and traditional retailing under its own brand.
He has been a member of the Bank’s Group management since 1997 and is currently
Head of Handelsbanken Direkt.

Both the above take up their new positions on 1 September.

For further information, please contact:

Pär Boman, Group Chief Executive, +46 (0)8 22 92 20
Johan Lagerström, Global Head of Corporate Communications, +46 (0)8 701 1395,
+46 (0)70 265 8014

This information is of the type which Handelsbanken is obliged to make public
according to the Swedish Securities Market Act. The information was submitted
for publication on 30 April 2014 at 08.35 CET.

For more information about Handelsbanken, see:
www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)