Change in ownership of German wood procurement company

Change in ownership of German wood procurement company SCA has reached an agreement with Thomesto, a company owned by Metsäliitto, whereby Thomesto's ownership in the German wood procurement company SCA Holz increases from 33.3% to 50%. The company, in which SCA will retain a 50% ownership, supplies the parties' German production plants, among other operations. The ownership change, which is conditional upon the approval of the competition authorities, has a negligible effect for SCA. Stockholm, 28 January 2003 SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Communications and Investor Relations For further information, please contact: Peter Nyquist, Senior Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations. Phone: +46 70 575 29 06 SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Communications and Investor Relations Box 7827, SE-103 97 STOCKHOLM, Sweden Tel +46 8-788 51 00, Fax +46 8-678 81 30 www.sca.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/01/28/20030128BIT01020/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/01/28/20030128BIT01020/wkr0002.pdf