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 799 shares and the number of votes has increased by799. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 624 062 323 of which 612 31 880 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 613 486 924,3.

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 30 November 2011.

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