Handelsbanken: Adjusted comparison figures due to new business segment division

STOCKHOLM, Sweden--()--Regulatory News:

As previously announced, a reorganisation was carried out on 1 January 2016 which affected the Handelsbanken Capital Markets and Handelsbanken Sweden business segments.

Large Corporates in Sweden was moved from Handelsbanken Capital Markets to the Handelsbanken Sweden segment.

In the Handelsbanken Capital Markets segment, Corporate Finance and Debt Capital Markets were moved from the Merchant Banking International business area to the Markets & Asset Management business area.

The change affects the external segment reporting for Handelsbanken Sweden and Handelsbanken Capital Markets. The historic comparison figures for both these segments have therefore been adjusted.

An Excel file with recalculated comparison figures for the past eight quarters is available at http://www.handelsbanken.se/ireng.

This information is of the type which Handelsbanken is obliged to make public according to the Swedish Securities Market Act. The information was submitted for publication on 6 April 2016 at 4 p.m. CET. For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se/)

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Contacts

For further information, please contact:
Mikael Hallåker, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8 701 29 95
or
Jörgen Olander, Head of Accounting, +46 8 701 23 07

Contacts

For further information, please contact:
Mikael Hallåker, Head of Investor Relations, +46 8 701 29 95
or
Jörgen Olander, Head of Accounting, +46 8 701 23 07