Swedish Match — Major Shareholding Notification 2021

Dec 22, 2021

Issuer Swedish Match AB

Holder

BlackRock, Inc.

Instrument

Instrument	Common Stock
Before the transaction
Shares	Data not given*
Voting rights	Data not given*
Transaction
Date	21/12/2021
Limit for number of shares 5 %
Limit for number of votes	5 %
After the transaction
Quantity
Shares	76,757,127
Directly held voting rights 0
Indirectly held voting rights 76,757,127
Percentage
Directly held shares	4.85804 %

Directly held voting rights 0 % Indirectly held voting rights 4.85804 %

Resulting distribution of total

holdings
	Percentage of voting rights:	Number of underlying shares:
Shares	4.85804 %	76,757,127
Instruments - FITA Ch. 4, section 2, first paragraph, line 2
Instruments - FITA Ch. 4, section 2, first paragraph, line 3
- Physically settled
- Cash settled	0.149 %	2,354,208
Total	5.00704 %	79,111,335

Chain of controlling companies

	Voting rights % Voting rights Company
1,602,813 0.10144		BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.
2,681,635 0.16972		BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
2,500,867 0.15828		BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited
193,055	0.01221	BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited
338,556	0.02142	BlackRock International Limited
32,707,166 2.07013		BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association
21,774,289 1.37811		BlackRock Fund Advisors
1,726,718 0.10928		BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
11,150	0.0007	BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited
1,223,763 0.07745		BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG
2,470,018 0.15633		BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited
2,603,352 0.16476		BlackRock Advisors, LLC
9,274,293 0.58698		BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited
3,020	0.00019	BlackRock (Singapore) Limited
640	0.00004	Aperio Group, LLC

Group total holdings

Voting rights 79,111,335

Percentage of voting rights 5.00704

Notes (other relevant informations according to law)

The disclosure obligation arose due to total holdings in shares and voting rights for BlackRock, Inc. going above 5%.

Published

22/12/2021 12:35

Contact

Name Jana Blumenstein

Phone +44 20 7743 3650 Email emeadisclosures@blackrock.com

rapportering@fi.se Tfn 08-408 980 37 Fax 08-24 39 25