New Number of Shares in Handelsbanken

Regulatory News:

Due to an exchange of convertible notes in Svenska Handelsbanken AB (STO:SHBA), the number of Class A shares has increased by 134 111 shares and the number of votes has increased by 134 111. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 632 807 112 of which 621 056 669 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 622 231 713. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 942 553 070,80 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 28 December, 2012.

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