New number of shares in Handelsbanken

Due to an exchange of convertible notes in Svenska Handelsbanken AB, the number
of Class A shares has increased by 2 320 617 shares and the number of votes has
increased by 2 320 617. Following the increase, the total number of shares in
Handelsbanken is 626 705 499 of which 614 955 056 are Class A shares and
11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is
616 130 100. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 914 180 570.35 after the
increase.

The information is that which must be made public according to the Swedish
Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information has been provided for
publication at 8 a.m. on 30 March 2012.

For further information, please contact:

Klas Tollstadius, Head of Corporate Governance, [phone],

 mobile: [phone]

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

Press Release PDF:
http://hugin.info/1225/R/1598265/503936.pdf

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