Senior management changes at Handelsbanken

Mikael Sørensen has been appointed CEO at Handelsbanken UK. The appointment is
subject to regulatory approval and would be effective from the date of that
approval being received.

Mikael Sørensen succeeds Andrew Copsey, who is currently Acting CEO of
Handelsbanken UK and will thus return to his position as Chief Operating Officer
at Handelsbanken UK. In conjunction with this he also leaves the Bank’s Senior
Management.

Mikael Sørensen is currently CEO at Handelsbanken the Netherlands and has been a
member of Senior Management since 2013. The process of recruiting a new CEO for
Handelsbanken the Netherlands has been initiated.

For further information, please contact:

Anders Bouvin, President and Group Chief Executive, + 46 8 – 22 92 20
Johan Lagerström, Chief Communications Officer, +46 8 – 701 13 95,
+46 70 – 265 80 14
Richard Winder, Chief Communications Officer UK, + 44 – 207 578 8271,
+ 44 – 779 109 6631
Johan Wallqvist, Press Officer, +46 8 – 701 80 47, +46 72 – 206 34 50

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, at 08.00 CET on 14 September 2016.  For more
information about Handelsbanken, see:
www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)