SHARE BUY-BACK

On August 15, Rottneros AB re-purchased 72.000 own shares at the average rate of 9,04 SEK. The transactions were made within the price interval 8,95 – 9,20 SEK. The company´s holdings of its own shares amount to 2.515.943 shares. The total number of shares in Rottneros AB amounts to 188,432,105

Upplands Väsby 2002-08-15

For further information please contact CEO Lars Blecko, 070-641 4910 or CFO Anders Byström, 070-641 4914.

Rottneros is one of the world’s leading independent manufacturers of market pulp. The Group consists of the parent company, Rottneros AB, which is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, along with its subsidiaries of Rottneros Rockhammar AB, Utansjö Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk in Sweden as well as Rottneros Miranda, S.A. in Spain, with activities involving production and sales of market pulp, Rockhammar Timber AB, which produces and sells sawn timber, plus the raw materials purchasing company of Rottneros Baltic SIA in Latvia. The Group has a total of 878 employees and a turnover of approximately SEK 3 billion.