Scandinavian Tobacco Group

Major Shareholding Notification • May 1, 2025

Copenhagen, 1 May 2025

Major Shareholder's Announcement

With reference to Section 38 of the Danish Act on Capital Markets (kapitalmarkedsloven) it is hereby announced that The Capital Group Companies, Inc. has informed Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (the "Company") that funds administered by companies within The Capital Group Companies, Inc. on 29 April 2025 control shares in total amounting to less than 5% of the Company's share capital and The Capital Group Companies, Inc. exercises less than 5% of the voting rights.

Funds administered by The Capital Group Companies, Inc. thus control 4,226,410 shares with a nominal value of DKK 1 (aggregate nominal value DKK 4,226,410), corresponding to 4.91% of the total share capital, and on behalf of these funds The Capital Group Companies, Inc. exercises 4.91% of the voting rights.

For further information, please contact:

Torben Sand, Head of IR & Communication, phone +45 5084 7222 or torben.sand@st-group.com Eliza Dabbagh, IR and Communication, phone +45 5080 7619 or eliza.michael@st-group.com

About Scandinavian Tobacco Group

Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S is a world-leading manufacturer of handmade and machine-rolled cigars with an annual production of more than four billion cigars. The Group holds market-leading positions in several categories and its products are sold in more than 100 markets.

Scandinavian Tobacco Group has its headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark – and employs approximately 10,000 people in Europe, the US, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

For more information, please visit www.st-group.com