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 2 399 shares and the number of votes has
increased by 2 399. Following the increase, the total number of shares in
Handelsbanken is

1 907 048 481 of which 1 871 797 152 are Class A shares and 35 251 329 are Class
B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 1 875 322 284,90. The
share capital amounts to SEK 2 955 925 145,55 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 29 April 2016.


For further information, please contact:
Klas Tollstadius, Head of Corporate Governance, +46 (0)8 701 29 01,
Mobile: +46 (0)70 576 76 74


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