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 1 630 shares and the number of votes has increased by 1 630. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 624 064 272 of which 612 313 829 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 613 488 873. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 901 898 864,80 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 January, 2012.
For further information, please contact:
Klas Tollstadius, Head of Corporate Governance, +46 (0)8 701 2901, mobile: +46 (0)70 576 7674
For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com