Nomination Committee's Proposal for the Board Ahead of the 2018 Annual General Meeting of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nomination Committee of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA proposes the re-election of board members Charlotte Bengtsson, Pär Boman, Lennart Evrell, Annemarie Gardshol, Ulf Larsson, Martin Lindqvist, Lotta Lyrå, Bert Nordberg and Barbara M. Thoralfsson. The Nomination Committee proposes that Anders Sundström be elected as a new Board member.

Anders Sundström was born in 1952 and has many years of operational experience in industry, as well as the financial sector, including Managing Director of Folksam. Anders also has a extensive experience as Chairman of the Board and Board Member of a number of companies, such as Chairman of Swedbank and KF. He has also held several ministerial posts and other political assignments. Anders is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of KF (until the 2018 Annual General Meeting), Kaunis Holding, MNI Group and Hedlunda Industri AB, as well as board member of a further number of unlisted companies.

Information about the Members of the Board, who are proposed to be re-elected, are available at SCA's web site. Other proposals from the Nomination Committee will be made public with the notice of SCA's Annual General Meeting.

SCA's Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday March 23, 2018, at 10.30 in Sundsvall, Hotel Södra Berget.

For further information, please contact: 

Helena Stjernholm, Chariman of the Nomination Committee, tel. +46-8-666-64-00

Björn Lyngfelt, SVP Communications, tel. +46-70-626-82-23

The core of SCA's business is the forest, 2.6 million hectares in northern Sweden. Around this unique resource, we have built a well-developed value chain based on renewable raw material from our own and others' forests. We offer paper for packaging and print, pulp, wood products, renewable energy, services for forest owners and efficient transport solutions. 2016 the forest products company SCA had approximately 4,000 employees and sales amounted to approximately SEK 15,4 bn (EUR 1,6 bn). SCA was founded in 1929 and has its headquarters in Sundsvall, Sweden. 

More information at www.sca.com..

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