Nominations Committee appointed

The nominations committee has been appointed for the 2006 Annual General Meeting. It consists of Michael M.F. Kaufmann, Frapag Vermögensverwaltung, Cecilia Lager, SEB funds and SEB Trygg Liv and Torsten Johansson, Handelsbanken Kapitalförvaltning. Ingvar Petersson, the chairman of Billerud AB, is secretary. Shareholders wishing to contact the committee should contact Ingvar Petersson via ingvar.petersson@billerud.com or write to Billerud AB, Box 703, 169 27 Solna, Sweden. Stockholm 28 October 2005 Billerud AB (publ) Per Lindberg President & CEO