Svenska Handelsbanken’s Pension Foundation: Acquisition, conversion and sale of shares in Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, SCA (publ)

NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPANSvenska Handelsbanken’s Pension Foundation (the Pension Foundation) has today acquired 15,145,124 class A shares in Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, SCA (publ), corresponding to 2.1 per cent of the capital and 10.3 per cent of the voting rights. The entire block of shares was acquired from Svenska Handelsbanken AB. After the acquisition, the Pension Foundation divested 15,145,124 class B shares in SCA, in a sales process to Swedish and international investors. The