New number of shares in Handelsbanken

In May, a split of the shares of Svenska Handelsbanken AB was executed in which
every existing share was divided into three shares of the same class (3:1
split). Following the split, an exchange of convertible notes has taken place
due to which the number of Class A shares has increased by 3 614 shares and the
number of votes has increased by 3 614. Following the split and the increase due
to the exchange of convertible notes, the total number of shares in
Handelsbanken is 1 907 042 468 of which 1 871 791 139 are Class A shares and
35 251 329 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is
1 875 316 272. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 955 915 825.40 after the
increase.

The information is such 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 29 May, 2015.

For further information, please contact:
Klas Tollstadius, Secretary of the Board of Directors, +46 (0)8 701 2901,
Mobile: +46 (0)70 576 7674

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