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 8 043 shares and the number of votes has
increased by 8 043. Following the increase, the total number of shares in
Handelsbanken is 635 675 719 of which 623 925 276 are Class A shares and 11 750
443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 625 100
320. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 955 892 093:35 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 July 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