Notification regarding Handelsbanken’s holdings in SCA (publ)

Handelsbanken holds 15,145,124 class A shares in Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, SCA (publ). This holding corresponds to 2.1 per cent of the capital and 10.3 per cent of the voting rights. Handelsbanken has today decided to explore the possibility of divesting the entire block of shares.

This process will be carried out by Handelsbanken Capital Markets and J P Morgan.

According to the Articles of Association, class A shares in SCA can be converted to class B shares.

For further information, please contact:
Frank Vang-Jensen, Group Chief Executive, +46 8 22 92 20
Johan Lagerström, Global Head of Corporate Communications, +46 8 701 10 00,
+46 70 265 8014
Johan Wallqvist, Press Officer, Handelsbanken, +46 8 701 8047, +46 72 206 3450

This information is of the type which Handelsbanken is obliged to make public according to the Swedish Securities Market Act. The information was submitted for publication on 5 November 2015 at 17:45 CET. For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com