Restated comparative figures in connection with the agreement to sell SPP

 

At the beginning of September 2007, an agreement was made to divest SPP and operations related to SPP. This means that, from Q3 2007, these operations will be reported in accordance with IFRS 5, "Discontinued operations". Briefly this means that an operation which is being divested is reported net on a separate line in the Group's income statement. The comparative figures in the income statement for the present and previous year have been adjusted as if the discontinued operations had never been part of the Bank's operations.

 

After SPP and certain other operations have been reported as "Discontinued operations", the segment reporting has been changed. Handelsbanken Liv is now reported together with Handelsbanken Asset Management. The new segment is designated Handelsbanken Asset Management.

 

The adjusted income statements are available on the Bank's website at www.handelsbanken.se/ireng.

 

The press release and Excel files can be downloaded from the Bank's website

www.handelsbanken.se/ireng

 

 

 

Bengt Ragnå, Head of Investor Relations

tel +46-8-701 12 16

 

Lars Kenneth Dahlqvist, Investor Relations

tel  +46-8-701 1018

 

Jörgen Olander, Head of Accounting

Tel 08-701 23 07