Fredrik Ottosson appointed as new head of the Gothenburg Business Area at Hufvudstaden

Fredrik Ottosson has been appointed as new Business Area Head at Hufvudstaden
with responsibility for managing and developing the Company's properties in
Gothenburg. Fredrik will be a member of the Hufvudstaden executive management
and will take up his new position by the beginning of August 2016 at the latest.

Fredrik is a graduate engineer from the Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm and he has a long and solid experience from several leading positions
in the private and municipal construction and property sector in Sweden.

Fredrik is currently Head of Planning and Urban Development at Halmstad
Municipal Authority, where for several years he has also been a property manager
and president of the municipally owned property company AB Industristaden. Prior
to that he was head of Sweco Projektledning AB in Halmstad and a project manager
at Humlegården and Hufvudstaden in Stockholm.

"Gothenburg is one of the most rapidly growing regions in Europe with a strong
rate of growth and good development potential. It is therefore very pleasing
that Fredrik, with his extensive experience in the property sector, wishes to be
involved in developing our properties in Gothenburg and make a valuable
contribution to the continued positive progress of Hufvudstaden," says Ivo
Stopner, President of Hufvudstaden.

Stockholm, April 27, 2016

HUFVUDSTADEN AB (publ)



Ivo Stopner
President

If you have any questions, please contact
Ivo Stopner, President, telephone +46 (0)8-762 90 00.

This information is information that Hufvudstaden AB (publ) is obliged to
publish according to the Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments
Trading Act. The information was published on April 27, 2016.