The Board proposes a postponement to the formal dividend resolution
Handelsbanken’s annual general meeting will take place as planned on 25 March 2020. There is no change to the Board’s existing assessment of the dividend for 2019. A final decision regarding the dividend will be made, however, at an extraordinary general meeting, once the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic have become more clear. Handelsbanken has a robust financial position in terms of both capital and liquidity. The Board has therefore arrived at the conclusion that the proposed dividend amount will in no way jeopardise the Bank’s ability to support its customers through