Change in SAS top management

Executive Vice President, HR & Communication Henriette Fenger Ellekrog will
leave SAS in October 2014. Henriette Fenger Ellekrog has chosen to accept the
job as head of HR of Danske Bank A/S.

"I regret that Henriette Fenger Ellekrog has chosen to resign in SAS," says CEO
Rickard Gustafson. "Her contribution to and effort in the great transformation
that SAS has gone through the past few years have been significant and I wish
her all the best in the future ", says Rickard Gustafson.

Henriette Fenger Ellekrog ends her employment after 7 years in SAS, where she
has been responsible for HR and communication in the group.

"There is never an optimal time to leave a company and it has been a very
difficult decision to say goodbye to SAS," says Henriette Fenger Ellekrog. "But
after 7 years in the same position I am tempted by the opportunity to contribute
to the change process that Danske Bank is facing," says Henriette Fenger
Ellekrog.

SAS has initiated the process to find a replacement for Henriette Fenger
Ellekrog.

For further information, please contact:

SAS pressjour, tel +46 8 797 2944