Sale of SCA's shareholding in Modo Paper concluded

INFORMATION SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Corporate Communications Box 7827, SE-103 97 STOCKHOLM, Sweden Tel +46 8-788 51 00, Fax +46 8-678 81 30 www.sca.se Sale of SCA's shareholding in Modo Paper concluded Following approval by the EU Commission of the sale of SCA's 50-percent shareholding in the Modo Paper fine paper company to Metsa-Serla, this transaction was concluded today, 9 August 2000, in Helsinki, Finland. Stockholm 9 August 2000 SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Corporate Communications ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/08/09/20000809BIT00550/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/08/09/20000809BIT00550/bit0002.pdf