Nomination Committee at Holmen

Holmen’s Annual General Meeting has decided that the Nomination Committee shall consist of the Chairman of the Board and one representative of each of the company’s three largest shareholders (in terms of voting rights) as of 31 August each year. The shareholders have now appointed the representatives on the Nomination Committee. For the period until the 2010 AGM, Holmen’s Nomination Committee will have the following members: Fredrik Lundberg, Chairman of the Board Mats Guldbrand, L E Lundbergföretagen Alice Kempe, Kempe Foundations Håkan Sandberg, Handelsbanken incl. pension fund The chairman of the Nomination Committee is Mats Guldbrand. The 2010 AGM will be held in Stockholm on 24 March. In its capacity as issuer, Holmen AB is releasing the information in this press release in accordance with Chapter 17 of the Swedish law (2007:528) regarding the securities market. The information was distributed to the media for publication at 3.30 p.m. CET on 24 September 2009.