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 3 724 802 shares and the number of votes has
increased by 3 724 802. Following the increase, the total number of shares in
Handelsbanken is 1 935 847 037 of which 1 900 595 708 are Class A shares and
35 251 329 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is
1 904 120 840,90. The share capital amounts to SEK 3 000 562 907,35 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 30 June 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