Svenska Cellulosa AB — Share Issue/Capital Change 2012

Oct 31, 2012

SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Corporate Communications Box 200, SE-101 23 Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden, 31 October 2012

Tel +46 8 788 51 00 www.sca.com

Conversion of shares

According to SCA's articles of association, owners of Class A shares have the right to have such shares converted to Class B shares. Conversion reduces the total number of votes in the company. When such a conversion has occurred, the company is obligated by law to disclose any such changes in this manner.

In October, at the request of shareholders 818,158 Class A shares were converted to Class B shares. The total number of votes in the company thereafter amounts to 1,558,575,675.

The total number of registered shares in the company amounts to 705,110,094 of which 94,829,509 are Class A shares and 610,280,585 are Class B shares.

For additional information, please contact:

Jessica Ölvestad, Press and Media officer +46 8 788 52 82

NB: This information is such that SCA must disclose in accordance with the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on October 31, 2012, at 10.00 CET.