ROTTNEROS NOMINATING COMMITTEE APPOINTED

Ahead of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on 23 April 2009, the following individuals have been appointed to the Nominating Committee of Rottneros AB, which is listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm: Chairman Olle Grundberg, appointed by Nemus Holding AB; Torgny Prior, appointed by P&N Yield; and Rune Ingvarsson, Chairman of the Board of Rottneros AB.

According to a resolution at the 2008 AGM, the Nominating Committee is to consist of the Chairman of the Board and two other members, one representing the Company’s largest shareholder and one representing one of the Company’s four other principal shareholders.

Shareholders are invited to submit proposals to the Nominating Committee by contacting Committee Chairman Olle Grundberg, olle.grundberg@bredband.net.

Additional information: Chairman of the Board, Rune Ingvarsson +46 70 288 79 76

Nominating Committee Chairman, Olle Grundberg +46 70 654 44 20

Rottneros is one of the world’s leading independent producers of market pulp. The Group comprises the parent company Rottneros AB, listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm, and its subsidiaries Rottneros Bruk AB, Rockhammars Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB in Sweden and Rottneros Miranda, S.A. in Spain, all with operations involving the production and sale of market pulp. The Group also includes the wood procurement companies Rottneros Baltic SIA in Latvia and Rottneros Madeiras in Portugal, the sales company Rottneros S.A. in Belgium and Utansjö Mill, which is in the process of closure. The Group also has a new division, Rottneros Packaging, which produces food packaging made from paper pulp. The Group has around 630 employees and an annual turnover of approximately SEK 2.9 billion.