New head of Group Finance

New head of Group Finance Lennart Svensson, Chief Financial Officer at Holmen, has notified that he wishes to leave the Group on June 30, 2001, to pursue other activities. Anders Almgren has been appointed new Chief Financial Officer and head of Group Finance. Almgren is at present head of the treasury department within the staff. He will take up his position on April 1. For further information, please contact: Holmen's President and CEO, Per Ericson, telephone +46 8 666 21 00. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/22/20010222BIT01430/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/22/20010222BIT01430/bit0001.pdf