Handelsbanken's interim report January - September 2011

Summary January - September 2011, compared with January - September 2010
  * Profit after tax for total operations went up by 14 per cent to SEK 9,277
    million (8,133) and diluted earnings per share rose by 14 per cent to
    SEK 14.60 (12.85)
  * Operating profit for continuing operations rose by 14 per cent to SEK
    12,426 million (10,937)
  * Return on equity for total operations was 13.8 per cent (12.8)
  * Net interest income rose by 10 per cent to SEK 17,256 million (15,725)
  * Income rose by 5 per cent to SEK 24,435 million (23,168)
  * The loan loss ratio went down to 0.05 per cent (0.10)
  * Tier 1 capital rose to SEK 92.9 billion (86.9) and the Tier 1 ratio was
    17.4 per cent (15.7)
  * The average volume of loans to the public grew by 4 per cent to SEK 1,538
    billion (1,475)
  * The Bank's net inflow to the Swedish mutual fund market was SEK 10.7
    billion
 
Summary of Q3 2011, compared with Q2 2011
  * Profit after tax for total operations went up by 2 per cent to SEK 3,209
    million (3,136) and diluted earnings per share rose by 1 per cent to
    SEK 5.00 (4.95)
  * Operating profit for continuing operations went up by 5 per cent to SEK
    4,360 million (4,136)
  * Return on equity for total operations was 14.1 per cent (14.0)
  * Net interest income rose by 7 per cent to SEK 6,066 million (5,683)
  * Income increased by 2 per cent to SEK 8,328 million (8,169)
  * The loan loss ratio was 0.04 per cent (0.04)
  * The average volume of loans to the public grew by 1 per cent to SEK 1,574
    billion (1,552) and the average volume of deposits by 7 per cent to SEK 660
    billion (614)
  * The total liquidity reserve increased to over SEK 700 billion
  * According to SKI/EPSI surveys, Handelsbanken continues to have the most
    satisfied customers of all banking groups in northern Europe
 
The slide presentation for today's press conference will be available at 08.00
CET at www.handelsbanken.se/ireng
 
For further information, please contact:
Pär Boman, President and Group Chief Executive, +46 (0)8 22 92 20
Mikael Hallåker, Head of Investor Relations, +46 (0)8
701 29 95,miha11@handelsbanken.se
 
For more information about Handelsbanken, please go to: www.handelsbanken.com
 
Handelsbankens interim report January - September 2011: 
http://hugin.info/1225/R/1557886/481103.pdf
 
Press release PDF: 
http://hugin.info/1225/R/1557886/481109.pdf
 
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