Announcement from the Chairman of the Board of

Frank Vang-Jensen has announced that he is leaving his assignment as member of
the Board of Handelsbanken with immediate effect.

For further information, please contact:

Pär Boman, Chairman of the Board, + 46 8 – 22 92 20
Johan Lagerström, Global Head of Corporate Communications, +46 8 701 13 95, +46
70 265 80 14

This information is of the type that Handelsbanken is obliged to make public
pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Swedish Securities Markets
Act. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the
contact person set out above, on 16 August 2016 at 07.15 a.m. CET. For more
information about Handelsbanken, see:
www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)

Announcement from the Chairman of the Board of Handelsbanken

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