As previously announced, the implementation of the Bank's new organisation
commenced this winter. In Sweden, the five regional banks were replaced during
the first quarter with a new, more customer-centric organisation, in which the
branches are instead divided into 24 county units under a shared country
organisation.

In conjunction with this restructuring, many members of staff who previously
worked at the five regional head offices were organisationally re-assigned to
other areas of the Bank, mainly Capital Markets, the central functions for
finance, legal affairs and human resources, and the unit for financial crime
prevention.

Recalculated figures for the business segments pertaining to the last eight
quarters are available from handelsbanken.com/ir

For further information, please contact:

Lars Höglund, Head of Investor Relations, +46 70 345 51 70


This information is of the type that Handelsbanken is obliged to make public
pursuant to the Swedish Securities Market Act. For more information about
Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com

Click here for more information

© Oslo Bors ASA, source Oslo Stock Exchange