New number of shares in Handelsbanken
Due to an exchange of convertible notes in Svenska Handelsbanken AB, the number of Class A shares has increased by 1 058 950 shares and the number of votes has increased by 1 058 950. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 629 952 708 of which 618 202 265 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 619 377 309. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 929 280 092.20 after the increase.
The information is that which must be made public according to the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information has been provided for publication at 8 a.m. on 31 July 2012.
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| Klas Tollstadius, Head of Corporate Governance, | +46 8 701 29 01, |
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