Senior Management changes at Handelsbanken

Regulatory News:

Stefan Nilsson, Head of Handelsbanken in Eastern Sweden, will be leaving his current post on 1 March and taking up a position in Handelsbanken’s central management team, with special responsibility for Swedish subsidiary boards and international regional bank boards. He will also be working with Group-wide assignments, reporting directly to the Group Chief Executive.

Stefan Nilsson has been a member of the Bank’s Senior Management since 2013. He will succeed Claes Norlén, who has reached his contractual age of retirement and will be leaving Senior Management on 31 March.

The Acting Head of Handelsbanken in Eastern Sweden will be Petri Rask, who is currently a Regional Area Manager in the same regional bank.

This information is of the type which Handelsbanken is obliged to make public according to the Swedish Securities Market Act. This information was submitted for publication on 9 February 2016 at 8.45 a.m. CET. For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)

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