Statement from the Board of Directors on SVP’s Public Offer and the Transition to a New Main Owner
This statement is made by the independent members of the Board of Directors of Nordic Paper Holding AB (publ) (“Nordic Paper” or the “Company”) pursuant to Section II.19 of the Swedish Stock Market Self-Regulation Committee’s Takeover rules for Nasdaq Stockholm and Nordic Growth Market NGM (the “Takeover Rules”). The public offer from investment funds managed by Strategic Value Partners LLC and its affiliates, through Coniferous Bidco AB (“Coniferous Bidco” and jointly, “SVP”) (the “Offer”) marks the conclusion of the process initiated by the Board of Directors to explore interest in a