Senior management changes at Handelsbanken

Louise Sander has been appointed Head of Pensions & Life at Handelsbanken
Capital Markets. This business area includes Handelsbanken Liv, where Louise
Sander remains as Chief Executive. She will also be a member of Handelsbanken’s
Group management.

Per Elcar has been appointed Head of the Markets & Asset Management business
area at Handelsbanken Capital Markets. At the same time, he has been appointed
Executive Vice President of Handelsbanken and becomes a member of the Bank’s
Group management. Per Elcar is currently Head of Securities and FICC at
Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

Jan Amethier has been appointed Head of the Merchant Banking International
business area at Handelsbanken Capital Markets. At the same time, he has been
appointed Executive Vice President of Handelsbanken and becomes a member of the
Bank’s Group management. Jan Amethier is currently Head of Corporate Finance and
Large Corporates at Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

Magnus Uggla, Executive Vice President of Handelsbanken and Head of
Handelsbanken International has reached his contractual age of retirement and
will leave the Bank’s Group management. Handelsbanken International will become
part of Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

All the above changes are effective as of 1 October 2014.

For further information, please contact:

Pär Boman, Group Chief Executive, +46 (0)8 22 92 20
Michael Green, Head of Handelsbanken Capital Markets, +46 (0)8 701 4356
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 24 September 2014 at 8 a.m. CET. For more information about
Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)