Change of Rottneros Group CEO

Carl-Johan Jonsson has been appointed as the new CEO of the pulp producer Rottneros AB with effect 1 July 2013. He succeeds Ole Terland who has been the CEO of Rottneros since 2008. Carl-Johan Jonsson, aged 47, most recently held a corresponding position with Mondi Dynäs AB, which manufactures kraft paper.

Ole Terland is leaving his position essentially as a result of Arctic Paper S.A. becoming the new main owner of Rottneros during the spring of 2013. The greater part of the board was also replaced in conjunction with the AGM in March.

For further information please contact:

Rune Ingvarsson, Chair, +46 70 288 79 76

Rottneros discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The Information was submitted for publication on Friday 14 June 2013 at 16.30 CET.

Rottneros is an independent producer of market pulp. The Group comprises the parent company Rottneros AB, listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, and its subsidiaries Rottneros Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB with operations involving the production and sale of market pulp. The Group also includes the wood procurement company Rottneros Baltic SIA in Latvia. The Group has around 300 employees and had a turnover of approximately SEK 1.5 billion in the 2012 financial year.