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 February, at the request of shareholders, 255 Class A shares were converted to Class B shares. The total number of votes in the company thereafter amounts to 1,617,782,301.
The total number of registered shares in the company amounts to 705,110,094, of which 101,408,023 are Class A shares and 603,702,071 are Class B shares.
Stockholm, 28 February 2011
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The information provided herein is such that SCA is obligated to disclose pursuant to the Financial Instruments Trading Act (SFS 1991:980). This information was submitted for publication on 28 February at 14.30 CET.