ROTTNEROS YEAR-END REPORT JANUARY – DECEMBER 2018

STRONG QUARTER ENDS A RECORD YEAR · Net turnover for the fourth quarter of 2018 rose by 17% to SEK 580m (496). For the whole of 2018, net turnover rose by 18% to SEK 2,260m (1,912). As of 2018, revenues from by-products and the result from pulp price hedging are also included in net turnover. See p. 15 for details. · EBIT for the fourth quarter of 2018 increased to SEK 12m (-7). Earnings during the fourth quarter were affected by the annual maintenance shutdown at Vallvik Mill, as was also the case in the previous year. The loss of production and the direct cost of the shutdown