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 1 204 shares and the number of votes has increased by 1 204. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 635 667 676 of which 623 917 233 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 625 092 277. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 955 854 693.40 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 June, 2014.

For further information, please contact:
Klas Tollstadius, Head of Corporate Governance, +46 (0)8 701 2901, Mobile: +46 (0)70 576 7674

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