Handelsbanken's document "Risk and capital management - Information according to Pillar 3" available on the Bank's website

From today, Friday, 18 February, Handelsbanken's document Risk and capital management - Information according to Pillar 3 for 2010, is available on the Bank's website at www.handelsbanken.se/ireng.

This document contains the information on risks, risk management and capital adequacy which must be disclosed under the Swedish Act on Capital Adequacy, and which is generally covered by the term Pillar 3 in the Basel II capital adequacy regulations.

For further information, please contact:

Maria Hedin, Acting Head of Credit Risk, +46 8-701 38 64
Mikael Hallåker, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8 701 29 95

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