The Board of Directors has resolved against calling an extraordinary general meeting

The Board of Directors of Handelsbanken has previously considered whether or not to propose an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders at a later date in 2020, in order to resolve on the matter of dividends. Considering the high levels of uncertainty caused by the ongoing pandemic, the Board of Directors has decided against calling an extraordinary general meeting during the current year.

In keeping with normal practice, the Board of Directors intends to present a dividend proposal in conjunction with the publication of the highlights of the annual report for 2020.

For further information, please contact:
Lars Höglund, Head of Investor Relations, +46 70 345 51 70
Viktoria Aastrup, Head of Group Media Relations, +46 73 043 51 59

This information is of the type that Handelsbanken is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation, the Swedish Securities Markets Act and the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 07:30 CET on 16 September 2020. For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com

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