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 266 785 shares and the number of votes has increased by 266 785. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 635 307 067 of which 623 556 624 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 624 731 668. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 954 177 861.55 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, 2013.

For further information, please contact:
Klas Tollstadius, Head of Corporate Governance, +46 8 701 29 01,
mobile: +46 70 576 76 74

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