Handelsbanken's document "Risk and capital management - Information according to Pillar 3" available on the Bank's website

From today, Tuesday 9 March 2010, Handelsbanken's document Risk and capital
management - Information according to Pillar 3 for 2009, is available on the
Bank's website atwww.handelsbanken.se/ireng <http://www.handelsbanken.se/ireng>

This document contains the information on risks, risk management and capital
adequacy which must be disclosed under the Swedish Act on Capital Adequacy, and
which is generally covered by the term Pillar 3 in the Basel II capital adequacy
regulations.



For further information, please contact:
Martin Blåvarg, Head of Credit Risk, +46 8 701 38 64
Mikael Hallåker, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8 701 29 95




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