Additional member nominated to SCA Board of Directors

Additional member nominated to SCA Board of Directors In addition to the announced proposal to re-elect the current Board members, shareholders representing more than 50% of the total number of votes in the Company intend to propose the new election of Erik Engström of the US. Engström is currently president of the Random House Inc. publishing company, a member of the Bertelsmann media group. Stockholm 4 April 2000 SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET SCA (publ) Corporate Communications For further information please contact: Bo Rydin, Chairman, tel +46 8 666 64 00. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/04/20000404BIT00500/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/04/20000404BIT00500/bit0002.pdf