General Meeting in Norske Skog

Norske Skog's annual general meeting was held today, 22 April 2010.

At the meeting, Ragnhild Borchgrevink, Maalfrid Bratt, Jens Nicolai Jenssen.

Mikael Løken and Olav Veum were elected new members of Norske Skog's corporate

assembly. Other shareholder-elected members are Emil Aubert, Ann Kristin

Brautaset, Even Mengshoel, Tom Rathke, Tom Ruud, Otto Søberg and Karen Helene

Ulltveit-Moe. The corporate assembly will elects its chair and deputy chair at a

meeting later today. The general meeting also decided that the term of office

for the members of Norske Skog's corporate assembly shall be one year instead of

the previous two years.

Henrik A. Christensen and Maria Moræus Hansen are the shareholder-elected deputy

members in the corporate assembly.

The general meeting re-elected Ole H. Bakke and Otto Søberg as members of the

election committee. Kirsten C. Idebøen was elected new member and, in addition,

the chair of the corporate assembly is also a member and chair of the election

committee.

Election of new board members will take place at the corporate assembly's

meeting later today, and will be published after that meeting.

The other issues at the general meeting were decided in accordance with the

summons.

Minutes from the general meeting will be published later.

Oxenøen, 22 April 2010

Norske Skog

Corporate Affairs

For further information:

Media: The financial market:

Vice president corporate affairs Vice president investor relations

Tom Bratlie Jarle Langfjæran

Mob: +47 905 21 904 Mob: +47 909 78 434

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl

(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)

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