New Board of Handelsbanken Fonder AB

In order to clarify Handelsbanken’s range of active mutual funds and index-based
funds, fund operations will be split into two separate companies as of 1 January
2016. Active funds will be offered by Handelsbanken Fonder AB, while index and
exchange-traded funds will be offered by Xact Kapitalförvaltning AB.

Both companies currently have boards composed of the same members. In
preparation for Xact Kapitalförvaltning AB starting up its operations which
require a licence on 1 January 2016, a change will be made whereby the present
Board of Xact Kapitalförvaltning AB will remain in place, while a new board will
be appointed for Handelsbanken Fonder AB.

Katja Bergqvist has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Handelsbanken Fonder
AB. Katja Bergqvist is currently Chief Executive of Handelsbanken Fonder and
will step down from this position when she takes over as Chair of the Board as
of 1 January 2016.

Until that date, Olof Lindstrand remains as Chair of Handelsbanken Fonder AB.
The process of recruiting a new Chief Executive for Handelsbanken Fonder has
been initiated.

The following persons have been appointed as new members of the Board of
Handelsbanken Fonder AB, with immediate effect:

Malin Björkmo

Helen Fasth Gillstedt

Lars Seiz

These three board members are independent of the company and its owner. Robert
Lundin remains on the Board as employee representative.

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 Stockholm’s issuer regulations prescribe that
changes to the boards of fund management companies which manage ETFs and which
occur at other times than annual general meetings, must be made public.

For further information, please contact:

Per Elcar, Head of Handelsbanken Markets & Asset Management +46 8 22 92 20,
+46 8 701 35 75
Johan Wallqvist, Press Officer, Handelsbanken, +46 8 701 8047,
+46 72 206 34 50

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 at 08:00 CET on 9 November 2015. For more information about
Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)