Rottneros appoints Nomination Committee for the 2016 AGM

The 2015 AGM resolved to have the following composition for the Nominating Committee prior to the 2016 AGM: the Chair of the Board, who shall not chair this committee, and two additional members, one of whom will represent the company's largest shareholder and the other who will represent one of the company's other four largest shareholders. Neither of these two committee members may be a member of the board.

Olle Grundberg (Arctic Paper SA) has thereby been appointed Chair of the Nominating Committee, with Stefan Sundh (PROAD AB) and Rune Ingvarsson (Chair of the Board of Rottneros AB) as other members.

According to the instructions resolved by the general meeting, it is the duty of the Nominating Committee to prepare and present proposals to the general meeting for the election of chair and other board members, as well as the board fee to be divided between the chair and other board members and any remuneration for committee work, election of and fee for an auditor, as well as for the election of chair at the AGM and the guidelines for the appointment of a new Nominating Committee.

Shareholders wishing to submit views or present proposals to the company’s Nominating Committee may do so by email to: valberedning@rottneros.com or by letter to

Rottneros AB, FAO: Nominating Committee, Box 144, 826 23 Söderhamn, Sweden.

Such views or proposals should have been received by the Nominating Committee well in advance of the AGM in order to be considered, and in any event no later than Thursday 24 March 2016.

The AGM will be held in Stockholm on Friday 20 May 2016.

For further information please contact:

Olle Grundberg (Chair of the Nominating Committee), mobile +46 70 654 44 20

Rune Ingvarsson (Chair of the Board), mobile +46 70 288 79 76

Rottneros discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The Information was submitted for publication on 12 November 2015 at 13.30 CET.

Rottneros is an independent producer of market pulp. The Group comprises the parent company Rottneros AB, listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, and its subsidiaries Rottneros Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB with operations involving the production and sale of market pulp. The Group also includes the wood procurement company Rottneros Baltic SIA in Latvia. The Group has around 300 employees and had a turnover of approximately SEK 1.5 billion in the 2014 financial year.