Handelsbanken (STO:SHBA) Best In Foreign Exchange

Handelsbanken (STO:SHBA) Handelsbanken Capital Markets has been acclaimed as Scandinavia's best foreign exchange bank. Handelsbanken was also awarded the title of Sweden's best foreign exchange bank. The awards have been made by the international financial magazine Global Finance. The criteria used to select the winners for 2009 included transaction volume, market share, scope of global coverage, customer service, pricing and technical innovativeness.

Dan Lindwall, head of Corporate Capital Markets within Handelsbanken Capital Markets, says: "It is, of course, very gratifying that an independent magazine, Global Finance, has ranked us as Scandinavia's best investment bank. However, our most important objective is that our customers feel that we give them value-added."

For further information, please contact:

Dan Lindwall, Head of Corporate Capital Markets +46 8 701 4377 Erik Wikström, Head of Communication, Handelsbanken +46 8 701 1270 Capital Markets

Handelsbanken Capital Markets is Handelsbanken's investment bank. The investment bank is responsible for Handelsbanken's transactions in the fixed income, foreign exchange, commodity and stock markets, including macroeconomic, equity, credit and financial research, corporate finance, debt capital markets, structured products and cash management. More than 1,100 staff in six countries specialise in financial solutions for Nordic requirements. Handelsbanken Capital Markets is an integral part of Handelsbanken, which has over 600 branches, operations in 22 countries, total assets of SEK 1,860 billion and an operating profit for 2007 of SEK 19.4 billion. Handelsbanken has just over 10,500 employees.

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