Organizational changes within SCA

Organizational changes within SCA SCA's Senior Vice President, Finance, Lennart Persson (55), has been appointed Executive Vice President of the company. Lennart Persson has been responsible for financial matters within the Group since 1997. Peter Nyquist (37) has been formally named Senior Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations. A new corporate staff function is being established with the task of reviewing and following up the Group's strategic investments. This staff function will also include the current operations for IT and business intelligence. Thomas Wulkan (41), formerly Vice President, Finance, at Modo Paper and currently CFO for SCA Hygiene Products, has been named Senior Vice President for these activities. Additional information about SCA's organization is available at SCA's website www.sca.com. Stockholm, 28 August 2002 SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Communications and Investor Relations For further information, please contact: Jan Åström, President and CEO. Phone: +46 70-586 07 01 Peter Nyquist, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations. Phone: +46 70-575 29 06 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/08/28/20020828BIT00490/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/08/28/20020828BIT00490/wkr0002.pdf