Handelsbanken's document "Risk and capital management - Information according to Pillar 3 2008" available on the Bank's website

From today, Thursday 19 March 2009, Handelsbanken's document Risk and
capital management - Information according to Pillar 3, is available
on the Bank's website at www.handelsbanken.se/ireng

This document contains the information on risks, risk management and
capital adequacy which must be disclosed under the Swedish Act on
Capital Adequacy, and which is generally covered by the term Pillar 3
in the Basel II capital adequacy regulations.


For further information, please contact:
Martin Blåvarg, Head of Credit Risk, +46 8 701 38 64
Mikael Hallåker, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8 701 29 95