According to SCA's articles of association, owners of Class A shares have the right to have such shares converted to Class B shares.
Conversion reduces the total number of votes in the company. When such a conversion has occurred, the company is obligated by law to disclose any such changes in this manner.
In March, at the request of shareholders, 1,304,600 Class A shares were converted to Class B shares. The total number of votes in the company thereafter amounts to 1,606,040,901.
The total number of registered shares in the company amounts to 705,110,094, of which 100,103,423 are Class A shares and 605,006,671 are Class B shares.
Stockholm, 31 March 2011
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Petter Tiger, Press & Media Officer, +46 8 788 53 62
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This information is such that SCA must disclose in accordance with the Securities Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on March 31, at 14.30 CET.