Handelsbanken has no credit exposure to HQ Bank

Following presentation of a petition today to the District Court of Stockholm to liquidate HQ Bank, Handelsbanken comments as follows.

The Bank has no credit exposure to HQ Bank. Other exposures are marginal and do not entail any risk of loss for the Bank.

For further information, please contact:
Mikael Hallåker, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8-701 29 95, mobile: +46 70-266 29 95