Handelsbanken: Annual general meeting of Handelsbanken’s shareholders, 25 March 2015

Regulatory News:

Handelsbanken (STO:SHBA)(STO:SHBB):

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) invites its shareholders to attend the annual general meeting at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at the Grand Hôtel’s Winter Garden, Royal Entrance, Stallgatan 4, Stockholm.

The agenda includes a proposal for an ordinary dividend of SEK 12.50 per share and an extra dividend of SEK 5.00 per share.

Regarding the election of members of the Board, the nomination committee proposes the re-election of Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Pär Boman, Tommy Bylund, Ole Johansson, Fredrik Lundberg, Anders Nyrén, Bente Rathe and Charlotte Skog. Sverker Martin-Löf and Jan Johansson have declined re-election. As new members of the Board, the nomination committee proposes the election of Lise Kaae and Frank Vang-Jensen. The nomination committee also proposes that Pär Boman be elected as Chairman of the Board.

Lise Kaae has worked as CFO of the Danish company BESTSELLER A/S since 2008. Before taking up this position, Lise Kaae was an auditor at PwC in Denmark for 16 years, the last five of which she was a partner. She has a degree in Business Administration and Accounting from the Aarhus School of Business. Since 2014, Lise Kaae has been a member of the Board of the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority – a position she will, however, be vacating if she is elected as a member of the Handelsbanken Board. Frank Vang-Jensen is succeeding Pär Boman as Group Chief Executive of Handelsbanken. Frank Vang-Jensen has worked for Handelsbanken since 1998. Until the annual general meeting 2015 Frank Vang-Jensen is Head of Handelsbanken Sweden. His previous positions include being Manager of Handelsbanken’s Copenhagen City branch, Chief Executive of Stadshypotek, and Head of Handelsbanken Denmark.

The nomination committee further proposes the re-election of KPMG AB and Ernst & Young AB as auditors. These two auditing companies have announced that, should they be elected, they will appoint Mr George Pettersson (authorised public accountant) as auditor in charge for KPMG AB, while Mr Jesper Nilsson (authorised public accountant) will be appointed as auditor in charge for Ernst & Young AB.

Further information can be found in the attached notice to attend the AGM, the Swedish version of which will be published on 18 February 2015 in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (the Official Swedish Gazette), and which will be available on Handelsbanken’s website at handelsbanken.se/ireng.

For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com (http://handelsbanken.se/)

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