Handelsbanken issues Additional Tier 1 Capital

Handelsbanken issues Additional Tier 1 Capital (AT1). The issuance amount is USD 1,000 million in two tranches of USD 500 million each, at interest rates of 4.375 and 4.75 per cent respectively and an issue price of 100 per cent. 

The loans are perpetual, but the Bank has the option to redeem the loans after 6.5 years (March 2027) and 10.5 years (March 2031), and then subsequently every fifth year. The issuance is in the form of debt instruments with automatic conversion to class A-shares, if the Bank’s common equity tier 1 ratio (CET1) falls below a certain level. 

The issuance of additional AT1 capital is part of Handelsbanken’s capital planning.

The issuance will be subscribed by and allotted to the joint lead managers. The settlement date is 6 October 2020. 

Handelsbanken will apply to have the Notes admitted to trading on the Global Exchange Market of Euronext Dublin

For further information, please contact:
Carl Cederschiöld, CFO, + 46 8–22 92 20
Lars Höglund, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8–701 51 70, +46 70–345 51 70

This information is of the type that Handelsbanken is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation, the Swedish Securities Markets Act and the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 21.15 CET on 29 September 2020.
For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com 

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