Industrivärden and its principal owners, Handelsbanken with pension foundations and its pension fund, the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and related research foundations, L E Lundbergföretagen and SCA's pension foundations will be proposing certain changes to the nominating committees of Industrivärden and its portfolio companies ahead of companies' Annual General Meetings this coming spring. Sverker Martin-Löf has announced his intention to leave his directorships at the companies' coming Annual General Meetings. The principal owners and Industrivärden will therefore work for the following changes in the nominating committee work: to recommend Anders Nyrén as new Chairman of the Board of Industrivärden.

The recruitment process for a new CEO is under way. Fredrik Lundberg will be appointed as Vice Chairman; that Anders Nyrén leaves his position as Chairman of Handelsbanken. Pär Boman is proposed as the new Chairman.

Fredrik Lundberg will continue as Vice Chairman, and Anders Nyrén will continue to serve as a board member. An announcement on a successor to Pär Boman as CEO of Handelsbanken will be made by its board of directors prior to the bank's Annual General Meeting; to recommend Pär Boman as new Chairman of SCA and as a new director of Skanska; to recommend Bengt Kjell as new Chairman of SSAB; to recommend Anders Nyrén as a director of Ericsson.