General Meeting

The Bank’s 2027 Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 24 March 2027, in Stockholm.

The right to have a matter addressed at the Annual General Meeting

Shareholders who wish to have a matter addressed at the Annual General Meeting must submit a written request to the Board sufficiently far in advance in order for the matter to be included in the notice of the meeting. The request must be addressed to Svenska Handelsbanken AB, c/o Styrelsesekretariatet, Kungsträdgårdsgatan 2, SE-106 70 Stockholm, Sweden, and must have been received by 3 February 2027 at the latest, in order to ensure inclusion in the notice of the meeting.

Shareholders exercise their right to decide on matters concerning the company at shareholders' meetings. The annual general meeting, inter alia, elects Board members and auditors and decides on their fees, adopts the income statement and balance sheet, and decides on the matter of discharge from liability for the Board members and Chief Executive Officer. 

Shareholders who are registered in the share register and who have given notice of their participation in time have the right to participate in the meeting and vote for all their shares. Shareholders who are unable to attend the meeting in person may be represented by a proxy.

There are two classes of Handelsbanken shares: class A and class B. The class A shares account for just over 98 percent of all shares in Handelsbanken. Both share series have the same right to dividends, but shares of series B only carry one-tenth of a vote per share, while series A shares carry one vote per share.