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 6 572 shares and the number of votes has
increased by 6 572. Following the increase, the total number of shares in
Handelsbanken is

635 478 939 of which 623 728 496 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B
shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 624 903 540. The share
capital amounts to SEK 2 954 977 066.35 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 October, 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