Annual General Meeting of Handelsbanken's shareholders, 29 April

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) sends notices to its shareholders
inviting them to attend the annual general meeting on Wednesday, 29
April 2009, at 10 a.m. at the Grand Hôtel, Vinterträdgård, Royal
entrance, Stallgatan 4, Stockholm.

The agenda includes a proposal for dividends of SEK 7 per share.

Regarding election of members of the board, the proposal comprises
the re-election of Hans Larsson (as chairman), Jon Fredrik Baksaas,
Ulrika Boëthius, Pär Boman, Tommy Bylund, Göran Ennerfelt, Fredrik
Lundberg, Sverker Martin-Löf, Anders Nyrén and Bente Rathe. In
addition, it is proposed that Lone Fonss Schroeder, chief executive
of Wallenius Lines AB and Jan Johansson, chief executive of Svenska
Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, be elected to the board as new members.

Further information is available in the attached notice published in
Swedish tomorrow in Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Post- och
Inrikes Tidningar (the official Swedish Gazette). The notice of
invitation to attend will also be available online,
www.handelsbanken.se/ireng


For further information, please contact:

Hans Larsson, chairman of the board
Tel. +46 8 701 3050, e-mail: hala17@handelsbanken.se

Robert Vikström, secretary of the board
Tel. +46 8 701 1301, e-mail: rovi02@handelsbanken.se