Rottneros appoints Nomination Committee for the 2017 AGM

The 2016 AGM resolved to have the following composition for the Nominating Committee prior to the 2017 AGM: the Chair of the Board, who shall not chair this committee, and two additional members, one of whom shall be appointed by the company's largest shareholder and the other who shall be appointed by any of the company's other four largest shareholders. Neither of these two committee members shall be a member of the board.

Olle Grundberg (Arctic Paper SA) has thereby been appointed Chair of the Nominating Committee, with Stefan Sundh (PROAD AB) and Per Lundeen (Chair of the Board of Rottneros AB) as other members.

According to the instructions resolved by the general meeting, it is the duty of the Nominating Committee to prepare and present proposals to the general meeting for the election of chair and other board members, as well as the board fee to be divided between the chair and other board members and any remuneration for committee work, election of and fee for an auditor, as well as for the election of chair at the AGM and the guidelines for the appointment of a new Nominating Committee.

Shareholders wishing to submit views or present proposals to the company’s Nominating Committee may do so by email to: valberedning@rottneros.com or by letter to

Rottneros AB, FAO: Nominating Committee, Box 144, 826 23 Söderhamn, Sweden.

Such views or proposals should have been received by the Nominating Committee well in advance of the AGM in order to be considered, and in any event no later than Tuesday 21 March 2017.

The AGM will be held in Söderhamn on Tuesday 16 May 2016.

For further information please contact:

Olle Grundberg (Chair of the Nominating Committee), mobile +46 70 654 44 20

Per Lundeen (Chair of the Board), mobile +46 70 518 33 47

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 260 employees and had a turnover of approximately SEK 1.8 billion in the 2015 financial year.