Distribution of shares in Essity

Allocation of acquisition cost for shares in connection with SCA AB's distribution of the shares in Essity AB.

The Swedish Tax Agency has decided that of the acquisition cost for shares of series A in SCA AB, 21 percent should be attributed to these shares and 79 percent to the received shares of series A in Essity Aktiebolag. Of the acquisition cost for shares of series B in SCA AB, 20 percent should be attributed to these shares and 80 percent to the received shares of series B in Essity Aktiebolag.

The Swedish Tax Agency's General Guidelines (pdf) 

FORM 8937 disclosure – Report of Organizational Actions Affecting Basis of Securities

Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA has – as a reporting issuer – on its website published Form 8937 due to the distribution of Essity-shares to its shareholders on 15 June 2017.

Form 8937 (pdf)