Handelsbanken's annual general meeting 2012

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Board
At the annual general meeting on 28 March 2012, all members of the Board of
Handelsbanken were re-elected, with the exception of Ulrika Boëthius and Göran
Ennerfelt who had declined re-election. Ole Johansson and Charlotte Skog were
elected as new members. Hans Larsson was re-elected as Chairman of the Board.

At the subsequent first Board meeting, Anders Nyrén and Fredrik Lundberg were
appointed as Vice Chairmen of the Board.

The Board members are listed below.

Auditors
The annual general meeting re-elected KPMG AB and Ernst & Young AB as auditors
for the period until the end of the annual general meeting to be held in 2013.
These two auditing companies have appointed the same auditors in charge as in
2011: Stefan Holmström (authorised public accountant) as auditor in charge for
KPMG AB, while Erik Åström (authorised public accountant) is auditor in charge
for Ernst & Young AB.

Dividend
The annual general meeting adopted the Board's proposal for a dividend of SEK
9.75 per share. The record day for the dividend is Monday, 2 April 2012. The
dividend is expected to be distributed by Euroclear on Thursday, 5 April 2012.

Buybacks of shares
In accordance with the Board's proposal, the meeting authorised the Board to
resolve on the purchase of the Bank's own class A and/or B shares during the
period until the annual general meeting in 2013 on the following conditions:
  * Any purchases are to be made on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB.
  * The Bank may purchase a total of no more than 40,000,000 class A and/or B
    shares.
  * When purchasing, the shares are to be paid at a price within the registered
    price interval at any time or a price in compliance with NASDAQ OMX
    Stockholm AB's rules on volume-weighted average prices.
  * The aggregated holding of the Bank's own shares, including shares in the
    trading book, shall not at any time exceed one-tenth of the total number of
    shares in the Bank.

The meeting also authorised the Board to a) resolve on divestment of the Bank's
own shares, deviating from the shareholders' preferential rights, as payment in
connection with an acquisition of a company or business, and b) in order to
finance an acquisition of a company or business, resolve on divestment of the
Bank's own shares on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB at a price within the registered
price interval applying at any time or by other means than on NASDAQ OMX
Stockholm AB, with or without preferential rights for the shareholders, and with
or without provisions on payment in kind or through a set-off, where, if
divestment deviates from the shareholders' preferential rights, the remuneration
for shares sold must correspond to an estimated market value and may be payable
in forms other than cash. In other respects, the following terms shall apply:
  * The authorisations can be utilised on one or more occasions until the next
    annual general meeting.
  * The authorisation on divestment covers all class A or B shares in
    Handelsbanken held by the Bank at the time of the Board's resolution.

Principles for remuneration to senior management
The annual general meeting approved the Board's proposed guidelines for
compensation and other terms of employment for the senior management of
Handelsbanken. The main changes in the guidelines compared with the guidelines
adopted at the 2011 annual general meeting were as follows:
  * that the retirement age be raised from 60 to 65,
  * that pension benefits are not solely defined-benefit but can be defined-
    benefit, defined-contribution or a combination of the two, and
  * that the Board has the right to deviate from the guidelines in individual
    cases, if there are special reasons for this.

Members of the board 2012
Mr JON FREDRIK BAKSAAS, Sandvika
Mr PÄR BOMAN, Stockholm
Mr Tommy Bylund, Ljusdal
Ms LONE FØNSS SCHRØDER, Copenhagen
Mr JAN JOHANSSON, Stockholm
Mr OLE JOHANSSON, Grankulla
Mr HANS LARSSON, Stockholm
Mr FREDRIK LUNDBERG, Djursholm
Mr SVERKER MARTIN-LÖF, Stockholm
Mr ANDERS NYRÉN, Bromma
Ms BENTE RATHE, Trondheim
Ms CHARLOTTE SKOG, Österskär


Minutes of meetings
Minutes of the annual general meeting will be available on the Bank's website
www.handelsbanken.se/ireng approximately two weeks from today's date.

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

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