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 15 063 shares and the number of votes has
increased by 15 063. Following the increase, the total number of shares in
Handelsbanken is 635 664 736 of which 623 914 293 are Class A shares and 11 750
443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 625 089
337. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 955 841 022.40 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 31 March, 2014.

For further information, please contact:
Klas Tollstadius, Head of Corporate Governance, +46 (0)8 701 2901, mobile: +46
(0)70 576 7674

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