NDX NOTICE: #06-116 LISTING OF INDEX CERTIFICATES BY HANDELSBANKEN

Du kan se hela pressmeddelandet inkl. bifogade filer här: http://www.ngnews.se/default.asp?lngeditid=43004 As from May 16, 2006, one Index certificate issued by Handelsbanken will be listed on NDX Certificates. The instrument will be registered at VPC AB. Issuer: Handelsbanken Type of security: Index certificate of European type Execution: Automatic cash settlement on expiry date Term: As from May 16, 2006 to expiry date. Market Maker: Handelsbanken For more details see attached files. For further information concerning this NDX notice please call Market surveillance, at +46 8 566 390 55. Nordic Growth Market NGM AB About NDX Nordic derivatives Exchange (NDX) is a market for listing and trading of derivatives and other structured products. The market is operated by Nordic Growth Market (www.ngm.se), a regulated exchange under the supervision of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. The trading is fully electronic and conducted in UNIVITS Tellus. NDX offers listing and trading of derivatives and structured products and the ambition is to offer issuers and other market participants a flexible market for all types of products. Especially important for NDX is the encouragement of a market driven product development as well as the establishment of a powerful framework for marketing of issuers and issuers' products. NDX offers an increased influence for issuers and increased opportunities for product development. Further, NDX offers a platform that also aims at increasing the understanding and knowledge of derivatives and other structured products for the members' customers.