Highlights of Handelsbanken’s Annual Report January - December 2012
Summary January – December 2012, compared with January – December 2011 · The period’s profit after tax for total operations went up by 18 per cent to SEK 14,548 million (12,323) and earnings per share rose to SEK 23.15 (19.78) · Changed corporate tax in Sweden resulted in a reversal of previously booked deferred tax of SEK 1,682 million; excluding this, earnings per share rose to SEK 20.47 (19.78) · Operating profit increased by 6 per cent to SEK 17,564 million (16,536) · Operating profit rose by 47 per cent in Branch operations outside Sweden and by 2 per cent in Swedish