New Senior Vice President Human Resources of Billerud

Billerud has appointed Karin Hågfeldt as new Senior Vice President Human Resources and member of the Senior Management Team of Billerud as of June 1, 2011.

At present, Karin Hågfeldt is Strategic HR Business Partner for Global Supply Chain & Operations at AstraZeneca. She also has experience as Head of Human Resources at Sweden operations at AstraZeneca.

For further information, please contact:

Per Lindberg, President and CEO, +46 8 553 335 01, +46 702 48 15 17

The information is such that Billerud is obligated to publish under the Swedish Securities Market Act. Submitted for publication at 15.00 CET on 16 March 2011.

Billerud’s business concept is to offer demanding customers packaging materials and solutions that promote and protect their products – packaging that is attractive, strong and based on renewable materials. Billerud has a world-leading position within several product segments including paper for consumer packaging and industrial applications. Production takes place at three integrated pulp and paper mills in Sweden and at one paper mill in the UK.

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