Rottneros — Report Publication Announcement 2009

Mar 23, 2009

PRESS RELEASE

Rottneros AB (publ) Box 600, SE-194 26 Upplands Väsby, Sweden Tel +46 8 590 010 00 www.rottneros.com

Upplands Väsby, 23 March 2009

Rottneros Annual Report for 2008 published

Rottneros' annual report for 2008 is now available on the company's website, www.rottneros.com. The printed version of the annual report will be distributed to shareholders and other interested parties by post commencing on Thursday 2 April 2009. The English version of the 2008 annual report is expected to be available on the company's website on Wednesday 15 April 2009.

For further information please contact:

Karl Ove Grönqvist, Chief Financial Officer, +46 8 590 010 00

Rottneros is one of the world's leading independent producers of market pulp. The Group comprises the parent company Rottneros AB, listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm, and its subsidiaries Rottneros Bruk AB, Rockhammars Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB in Sweden and Rottneros Miranda, S.A. in Spain, all with operations involving the production and sale of market pulp. The Group also includes the wood procurement companies Rottneros Baltic SIA in Latvia and Rottneros Madeiras in Portugal, the sales company Rottneros S.A. in Belgium and Utansjö Mill, which is in the process of closure. The Group also has a new division, Rottneros Packaging, which produces food packaging made from paper pulp. The Group has around 630 employees and an annual turnover of approximately SEK 2.9 billion.