Svenska Cellulosa AB — M&A Activity 2012

Feb 8, 2012

SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Corporate Communications Box 200, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden Tel +46 8 788 51 00 www.sca.com

Stockholm, Sweden, 8 February 2012

SCA's binding offer to acquire Georgia-Pacific´s European tissue operations has been accepted – process continues towards closing

Georgia-Pacific´s acceptance of SCA's binding offer follows consultations with appropriate works councils. As a result, a sales and purchase agreement has been signed by both parties.

The process will continue towards finalizing the acquisition, including the approvals by relevant competition authorities and further local consultation processes.

November 10th, 2011, it was announced that SCA had delivered a binding offer to acquire Georgia-Pacific´s European tissue operations. Georgia-Pacific has a well-established presence in Europe in both Away-From-Home and consumer tissue products. The company's products are in particular marketed with the well-known Lotus brand.

Georgia-Pacific's European tissue operations have approximately 5,000 employees and 15 production sites in seven countries. Sales in 2010 amounted to EUR 1.25bn (SEK 11.9bn).

For additional information, please contact:

Petter Tiger, Press and Media Officer, +46 8 788 53 62 Jessica Ölvestad, Investor Relations Manager, +46 8 788 52 82

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This information is such that SCA must disclose in accordance with the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on February 8, 2012, at 08.30 CET.

SCA is a global hygiene and paper company that develops and produces personal care products, tissue, packaging solutions, publication papers and solid-wood products. Sales are conducted in some 100 countries. SCA has many well-known brands, including the global brands TENA and Tork. Sales in 2011 amounted to SEK 106 billion (EUR 11.7 billion). SCA has approximately 43,000 employees. More information at www.sca.com