Svenska Cellulosa AB — Share Issue/Capital Change 2013

Jul 31, 2013

Press release

Stockholm, 31 July, 2013

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 July, at the request of shareholders 2,530,000 Class A shares were converted to Class B shares. The total number of votes in the company thereafter amounts to 1,495,047,042.

The total number of registered shares in the company amounts to 705,110,094 of which 87,770,772 are Class A shares and 617,339,322 are Class B shares.

NB: This information is such that SCA must disclose in accordance with the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on July 31, 2013, at 10.00 CET.

For additional information please contact: Jessica Ölvestad, Press and Media officer, +46 8 788 52 82

SCA is a leading global hygiene and forest products company. The Group develops and produces sustainable personal care, tissue and forest products. Sales are conducted in about 100 countries under many strong brands, including the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and regional brands, such as Lotus, Libresse, Tempo and Libero. As Europe's largest private forest owner, SCA places considerable emphasis on sustainable forest management. The Group has about 36,000 employees and sales in 2012 amounted to SEK 85bn (EUR 9.8bn). SCA was founded in 1929, has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. For more information, visit www.sca.com.