Svenska Handelsbanken increases offer for Fokus Bank
Stockholm, November 12, 1998 Svenska Handelsbanken increases offer for Fokus Bank. Svenska Handelsbanken today has decided to increase the offer to the shareholders of Fokus Bank to 80 NOK per share. Other terms and conditions remain the same as outlined in the original Offer Document For further information, please contact: Arne Mårtensson, Group Chief Executive, telephone: (+46) 8 22 92 20 Björn-Åke Wilsenius, Head of Regionbanken Norge, telephone: (+47) 229 40870 Gustaf Elmstedt, Head of Investor Relations, telephone: (+46) 8 701 5142 ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1998/11/12/19981112BIT00220/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1998/11/12/19981112BIT00220/bit0002.pdf