2021-02-17
Annual general meeting of Handelsbanken's shareholders 24 March 2021

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) gives notice of the annual general meeting on Wednesday, 24 March 2021. In accordance with the Act (2020:198) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations the Board of Directors has, in order to counteract the spread of the virus that causes covid-19, decided that the Annual General Meeting should be conducted without the physical presence of shareholders, representatives or third parties and that the shareholders before the meeting should be able to exercise their voting rights by post.

The agenda includes the Board's proposal for a dividend of SEK 4.10 per share.

The nomination committee proposes re-election of the following members of the Board: Mr Jon Fredrik Baksaas, Mr Hans Biörck, Mr Pär Boman, Ms Kerstin Hessius, Mr Fredrik Lundberg, Mr Ulf Riese, Ms Arja Taaveniku and Ms Carina Åkerström. The nomination committee proposes that the meeting elect Ms Stina Bergfors as new Board member. The nomination committee also proposes that Pär Boman be re-elected as Chairman of the Board.

Stina Bergfors was the co-founder and former CEO of the digital mediacompany United Screens which was divested in 2018 to RTL Group. She was formerly Swedish head of Google and Youtube, after having had several other executive positions within Swedish media. Stina is a member of the board of H&M and the logistics- and techcompany Budbee (and is also proposed as new member of the board of Tele2). She has previously served for six years as member of the board of Ingka Group (IKEA Retail, Ingka Centres and Ingka Investment). Stina is engaged in the Prince Daniel Fellowship at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien). She holds a degree in ecomics/administration and is honorary doctor at the Luleå University of Technology.

The nomination committee proposes re-election of Ernst & Young AB and PricewaterhouseCoopers AB as auditors.

Further information can be found in the attached notice of the AGM, the Swedish version of which will be published on 19 February 2021 in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (the official Swedish Gazette), and which will be available in English on Handelsbanken's website at handelsbanken.com/agm.

For further information, please contact:

Pär Boman, Chairman of the Board
Tel: +46 (0)8-22 92 20, e-mail:pabo01@handelsbanken.se

Viktoria Aastrup, Head of Group Media Relations
Tel: +46 (0)73-043 51 59, e-mail:viaa02@handelsbanken.se

For more information about Handelsbanken, see:www.handelsbanken.com

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