The Board of Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) has decided to accommodate CEO Carina Åkerström's wishes for a new contractual age of retirement ­ it will therefore be changed from the current age of 65 to 62. In all other respects her employment contract is unchanged. Carina Åkerström will be 62 years in October 2024.

This spring, Carina Åkerström was elected to the board of forestry company, Holmen, her first assignment on the board of a listed company outside the Bank. The process of appointing her successor will now be initiated. The change to Carina Åkerström's retirement plan entails no increased costs for the Bank.

Carina Åkerström has a defined-contribution pension plan corresponding to 35% of her salary. The premium payments will cease at the time her employment ends.