Contemplated sale of shares in Swedish Match AB
Press release Stockholm 4 September 2018 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. Carnegie Investment Bank AB (”Carnegie”) has been retained by an institutional investor (the “Seller”) to explore the opportunity to sell approximately 4.3 million shares in Swedish Match AB ("Swedish Match") (the “Placing”). The price per share in the Placing will be determined through an accelerated bookbuilding process. The