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 1 601 595 shares and the number of votes has increased by 1 601 595. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 628 856 899 of which 617 106 456 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 618 281 500. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 924 184 580,35 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 May 2012.

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