Management changes at Handelsbanken

Simon Lodge has been appointed Head of Handelsbanken North East Great Britain.
He has been a member of Handelsbanken’s Group management since 2010 and is Head
of Handelsbanken Southern Great Britain.

John Hodson will be Head of Handelsbanken Southern Great Britain. He will also
be a member of the Bank’s Group management.

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

Magnus Ericson has been appointed as Head of Handelsbanken Northern Sweden. He
succeeds Annika Brunnéd who will be responsible for coordinating the development
of branch operations in Sweden. Magnus Ericson will be a member of
Handelsbanken’s Group management.

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 17 July 2014 at 06.35 a.m. CET.

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