New number of shares in Handelsbanken

Regulatory News:

Due to an exchange of convertible notes in Svenska Handelsbanken AB, the number of Class A shares has increased by 1 020 345 shares and the number of votes has increased by 1 020 345. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 1 944 104 398 of which 1 908 853 069 are Class A shares and 35 251 329 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 1 912 378 201,90. The share capital amounts to SEK 3 013 361 816,90 after the increase.

This information is of the type that Handelsbanken is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation, the Swedish Securities Markets Act and the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 8.00 CET on 30 November 2016. For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)

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