Handelsbanken in European stress test

Today, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and the Swedish Financial
Supervisory Authority published a stress test comprising some 50 European
banks.

The test examines the European banking system’s resistance by means of a
hypothetical crisis scenario, including a severe recession and a fall in
property prices. The results show how well banks will be able to cope with loan
losses.

The results for Handelsbanken are available on the Bank’s website:
www.handelsbanken.se/ireng

The full survey can be found on the EBA’s website www.eba.europa.eu

For further information, please contact:
Mikael Hallåker, Head of Investor Relations, +46 (0) 70 266 29 95
Mats Olsson, Press Office, Handelsbanken, +46 (0) 70 688 07 99,
+46 (0)8 701 80 18

This information is of the type that Handelsbanken is obliged to make public
pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Swedish Securities Markets
Act.   The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the
contact persons set out above, at 22.15 CET on 29 July 2016.  For more
information about Handelsbanken, see:
www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)