Svenska Cellulosa AB — Share Issue/Capital Change 2012

May 31, 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, 31 May 2012

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 May, at the request of shareholders, 350,000 Class A shares were converted to Class B shares. The total number of votes in the company thereafter amounts to 1,566,320,364.

The total number of registered shares in the company amounts to 705,110,094, of which 95,690,030 are Class A shares and 609,420,064 are Class B shares.

For additional information, please contact:

Jörgen Olsson, Press and Media Officer, +46 8 788 51 29

NB: This information is such that SCA must disclose in accordance with the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on 31 May 2012 at 14.00 CET.