VALLVIK MILL REQUESTS LEAVE TO APPEAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT

Vallvik Mill, part of the Rottneros Group, has requested a leave to appeal of a ruling by the environmental division of the Environmental Division of the Svea Court of Appeal April 30 this year.

The ruling applies to a demand of putting a plant into operation for biological treatment of water or corresponding year 2010.

The case is based on a call made by authorities for a plant to be built for biological treatment of process water.

Further information:

Ole Terland, President and CEO, +46 (0)8 590 010 00

Hannu Thomasfolk, Managing director Vallvik Mill +46 (0)70 604 29 38

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, Utansjö 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 SIA Rottneros Baltic in Latvia and Rottneros Madeiras in Portugal as well as a sales company, Rottneros S.A., in Belgium. The Group now has a new division, Rottneros Packaging, which produces food packaging made from paper pulp. The Group has around 720 employees and an annual turnover of approximately SEK 2.9 billion.