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Svenska HandelsbankenFull-year result 2001

12 February 2002

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Profit & loss account, January - DecemberHandelsbanken Group

*of which affecting comparability SEK 343 m

SEK m 2001 2000 Change %

Net interest income 13 385 11 791 14Commission, net 5 028 5 455 -8Trading, net 2 656 2 633 1Other income 585 *801 -27Total income 21 654 20 680 5Staff costs, excl. performance-related -5 580 -4 844 15Performance-related staff costs -338 -464 -27Other expenses -4 376 -3 756 17Total expenses -10 294 -9 064 14Profit before loan losses 11 360 11 616 -2Loan losses -152 67Operating profit 11 208 11 683 -4

20 337 6

11 340 -1

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Operating profit, quarterlyHandelsbanken Group

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Net interest income excl. trading, quarterlyHandelsbanken Group

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Lending to the general public, SwedenHandelsbanken Group

Average volumesSEK bn

Full year2001

Full year2000

Change%

Mortgage loans 337 321 5Private 201 183 10Corporate 136 138 -1

Bank loans 265 222 19Private 45 40 13Corporate 220 182 21

Total 602 543 11Private 246 223 10Corporate 356 320 11

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Lending to the general publicHandelsbanken GroupAverage volumesSEK bn

Full year2001

Full year2000

Change%

Sweden 602 543 11Other Nordic countries 96 67 43

Private 28 20 40Corporate 68 47 45

Rest of world 62 48 29Private 2 2 0Corporate 60 46 30

Total 760 658 16Private 276 245 13Corporate 484 413 17

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Deposits from the general publicHandelsbanken GroupAverage volumesSEK bn

Full year2001

Full year2000

Change%

Sweden 194 178 9Private 74 73 1Corporate 120 105 14

Outside Sweden 85 63 35Private 15 12 25Corporate 70 51 37

Total 279 241 16Private 89 85 5Corporate 190 156 22

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Commission January – DecemberHandelsbanken Group

SEK m 2001 2000Change

%

Brokerage 1 072 1 668 -36Mutual funds andcustody 1 417 1 646 -14

Payments 1 311 1 194 10Lending and deposits 1 168 876 33Other 1 226 1 172 5Commission expenses -1 166 -1 101 6Total 5 028 5 455 -8

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Trading, net income January - DecemberHandelsbanken Group

1 855

2 633 2 656

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Trading, net incomeHandelsbanken Group

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Change in expenses, Jan - Dec 2001Handelsbanken Group

Comparable expenses 6.6 % units

Midtbank and SPP 4.9 % units

Exchange rate effects 2.1 % units

Total expenses 13.6 % units

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Comparable expenses, Jan - Dec 2001Handelsbanken Group

Salary increases 1.6 % unitsPerformance-related staff costs -1.4 % unitsIncreased number of employees 0.5 % unitsHigher IT expenses 2.4 % unitsPremises and property 0.8 % unitsExpansion outside Sweden 1.0 % unitsOther 1.7 % unitsTotal comparable expenses 6.6 % units

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• Potential annual cost savings of overSEK 300m

• Potential annual extra income of overSEK 50m

Impact of current IT projects

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Income * per employee 1998 - 2001SHB and other banks

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0,5

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1,5

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2,5

1998 1999 2000 2001

AverageSEB,Nordea,FSpB, DB

Handels-banken

mkr

** Danske Bank as at 30 June 2001, other banks as at 30 Sept 2001.

*** Excluding items affecting comparability. Years 2000 and 2001 excluding insurance operations.

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C/I ratio* 1998 - 2001SHB and other banks

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Handels-banken

%

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** Danske Bank as at 30 June 2001, other banks as at 30 Sept 2001.

* Excluding items affecting comparability. Years 2000 and 2001 excluding insurance operations.

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New branches outside Sweden

Increased costs 2001: SEK 87m

UK2 new branches

Norway2 new branches

Finland8 new branches

Warsaw

Poland1 new branch

Rovaniemi

Kokkola

SaloTavastehus

- Leeds

- Reading

Raisio

JoensuuÅlesund

Denmark2 new branches

Esbjerg Horsens

Vienna1 new branch

Sarpsborg

Seinäjoki

Helsinki- Munkkivuori

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Number of employeesHandelsbanken Group

2001 2000 ChangeAverage no. of employees Jan – Dec 9 239 8 574 + 665 Swedish branch office operations +17 IT and development, Sweden +175 Other Nordic countries excl Midtbank +109 Midtbank +274

Other countries +10Other +80

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Operating profit per business areaJanuary - December

SEK m 2001 2000 +/-

Return onequity2001

Branch offices 8 708 8 705 0 % 20.4 %

Markets 1 446 953 52 % 24.8 %

Securities 356 755 -53 % 35.6 %

Asset management 550 646 -15 % 28.4 %

Handelsbanken Finans 345 331 4 % 29.4 %

Pension & Insurance 66 102 -35 % 15.6 %

Stadshypotek Bank 22 15 47 % 30.6 %

Treasury 138 173 -20 % 14.6 %

Group 11 208 11 683 -4 % 18.4 %

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Results in other Nordic countries and UKJanuary - December

SEK m 2001 2000 Change %

Norway 183 603 -70

Denmark 101 56 80

Finland 157 381 -59

UK 219 189 16

Total 660 1229 -46

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Key figures, January - DecemberHandelsbanken Group

2001 2000

Return on equity 18.4 % 21.6 %

Cost / income ratiobefore loan losses 47.5 % 44.6 %after loan losses 48.2 % 44.2 %

Net earnings per share,SEK 11:99 12:43

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Bad debts as percentage of total lendingHandelsbanken Group

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Bad debts as a percentage of lendingSHB and other Swedish banks

* As at 30 Sep 2001

SHBnet/gross

Other banksnet/gross*

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Loan losses as a percentage of lendingHandelsbanken Group

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OtherSwedishbanks*

Handels-banken

%

* as at 30 Sep 2001

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31 Dec 31 Dec ChangeSEK bn 2001 2000 %

Sweden 646 573 13 %Norway 44 35 26 %Finland 32 26 23 %Denmark 21 12 75 %Rest of Europe 27 22 23 %North America 28 19 47 %Asia 2 2 0 %

Geographical distribution of lendingHandelsbanken Group

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31 Dec % ofSEK bn 2001 lendingTelecom 15.6 2.0 %Travel, Hotels 2.8 0.3 %Shipping 9.5 1.2 %Airlines, aircraftfinancing, airportfinancing 3.1 0.4 %Non-life insurancecompanies 0.3 0.0 %

Outstanding loans to certain sectorsHandelsbanken Group

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Balance sheetHandelsbanken Group

31 Dec 31 Dec ChangeSEK m 2001 2000 %

Lending to general public 800 068 689 106 16Lending to credit institutions 70 857 94 677 -25Interest-bearing securities 128 347 88 262 45Other assets 175 249 148 308 18Total assets 1 174 521 1 020 353 15

Deposits and funding from generalpublic 283 692 255 350 11

Liabilities to credit institutions 220 126 155 414 42Issued securities 440 981 401 489 10Other liabilities 181 610 165 634 10Shareholders’ equity 48 112 42 466 13Total liabilities and shareholders’equity 1 174 521 1 020 353 15

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Capital base and capital ratioHandelsbanken Group

SEK bn

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Return on shareholders’ equity after standard tax31 December 2001

Handelsbanken

Other listedcommercialbanks *

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* as at 30 September 2001

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2001 2000Market shares in Sweden % % Deposits in SEK, households * 17.5 17.2 Mutual funds, new sales 19.0 11.4 Lending in SEK, households * 16.8 16.7 Mortgage lending in SEK, households * 31.6 31.4

Lead in profitability over other listedbanks ** +6.8 +4.9

Source: Statistics Sweden. Svensk Fondstatistik/Sparöversikt

Increased market shares- increased lead in profitability

* Market share for 2001 as at November** As at 30 September 2001

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2001 1997% %

Deposits in SEK, households * 17.5 15.7

Mutual funds, volume ** 11.4 9.9Mutual funds, new sales 19.0 10.9

Equity linked bonds, registrered volume *** 47.6 42.7

Equity linked bonds, new issues *** 38.2 35.0

Equity linked bonds, turnover *** 70.0 60.0

Source: Statistics Sweden, Svensk Fondstatistik/Sparöversikt

The Swedish savings marketHandelsbanken’s market share

* 2001 market share as at November** Excl. the premium pension fund*** On Stockholm Stock Exchange

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The Swedish mutual fund marketMarket share net savings excl. PPM

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Handelsbanken Robur Nordea SEB

%

SHB 19.3 %

Robur 19.0 %

Nordea 14.9 %

SEB 6.8 %

SEB 11.1 %

SHB 10.9 %

Nordea 16.5 %

Robur 45.6 %

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• More than 530 000 customers of the Groupconnected to the Internet

• Web sites in 5 countries

• >50 % of corporate customers connected

• >30 % of private customers connected

Handelsbanken on the Internet

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Proportion of services via the InternetHandelsbanken, Sweden

11%

41%

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15%19%

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Equity trading Mutual fundstrading

Payments

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Handelsbanken/ Midtbank

Jyske Bank Sydbank Unibank Danske Bank BG Bank

Index

Most satisfied customers - in Denmark tooDansk KundeIndex 2001

Source: Danish Centre for Management

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Handelsbanken - Bank of the Year

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Dividend

Per share, SEKClass A and B 4:00 4:50Share of net earnings, % 30.1 37.6Increase 00/01, % 12.5

Dividend, SEK mClass A and B 2 745 3 120

2000 Proposal 2001

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• The Board requests authorisation torepurchase a maximum of 20 million sharesand to use repurchased shares for acquisitions

• The Board states that the buybacks will be fora maximum of SEK 2bn

• At year-end, the Bank owned 21.4 million of itsown shares

Buyback of shares

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• Handelsbanken Hypotek intends to redeem allpreference shares for SEK 252.6m

• Marginal impact on Handelsbanken’s Tier 1capital ratio

Handelsbanken Hypotek redeemspreference shares

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SHB AFV General Index Nordix Bank excl SHBIndex

Share price performance up to 31 December 2001