New Chief Executive of Handelsbanken Fonder AB

Carl Cederschiöld has been appointed new Chief Executive of Handelsbanken Fonder
AB by the board of the company.

He currently works as Chief Executive of Xact Kapitalförvaltning and will thus
leave this position.

He will be taking up his new position on 1 January 2016.

For further information, please contact:

Olof Lindstrand, Chairman of Handelsbanken Fonder AB, +46 8 701 2742
Johan Wallqvist, Press Officer, Handelsbanken, +46 8 701 8047, +46 72 206 3450

Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s operations include management of seven exchange-traded
funds (ETFs) under the XACT brand. All these funds are listed for trading on
NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. NASDAQ OMX Stockholm’s issuer regulations prescribe that
appointment of chief executives of fund management companies which manage ETFs
must be made public.

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 18 December 2015 at 08:00 CET.For more information about
Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)