Announcement from the Chairman of the Board of Handelsbanken

Regulatory News:

Anders Nyrén has today announced that he is leaving his assignment as member of the Board of Handelsbanken as of 30 April 2015.

For further information, please contact:

Pär Boman, Board Chairman, Handelsbanken, +46 8 22 92 20

Johan Lagerström, Global Head of Corporate Communications, Handelsbanken +46 8 701 13 95, +46 70 265 80 14

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 27 April 2015 at 07.50 CET.For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)

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