New number of shares in Handelsbanken

Regulatory News:

Handelsbanken (STO:SHBA)(OSE:SHB):

Due to an exchange of convertible notes in Svenska Handelsbanken AB, the number of Class A shares has increased by 47 091 shares and the number of votes has increased by 47 091. Following the increase, the total number of shares in Handelsbanken is 635 437 298 of which 623 686 855 are Class A shares and 11 750 443 are Class B shares. The total number of votes in Handelsbanken is 624 861 899. The share capital amounts to SEK 2 954 783 435,70 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 2013.

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