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 15 729 shares and the number of votes has
increased by 15 729. Following the increase, the total number of shares in
Handelsbanken is 624 061 524 of which 612 311 081 are Class A shares and
11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is
613 486 125.3.
 
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 July 29, 2011.
 
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, see: www.handelsbanken.com
 
Press Release PDF: 
http://hugin.info/1225/R/1533710/467289.pdf
 
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