Announcement from the Chairman of the Board of Handelsbanken

Regulatory News:

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

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/)

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