SCA increases its ownership in Vinda

SCA has decided to acquire an additional 5 percent of the shares in the leading
Chinese tissue company Vinda. The purchase price is around 600 MSEK.
The seller in the transaction is Fu An, a company majority owned by Mr Li, the
Chairman of Vinda. SCA’s share in Vinda after the transaction will be
22.6%.

Vinda is one of the most successful tissue producers in China, the
second largest tissue market in the world. Currently Vinda commands strong brand
recognition in the country and being the third largest player in the China
household paper industry in terms of market share and production capacity. The
company has eight production facilities with a total production capacity of
470,000 tons and targeting to reach 1 million tons in the coming years.

“The
market for tissue products in China continues to grow well and continues to
consolidate with the larger players, like Vinda, growing at a significantly
faster speed than the market. We intend to be among the leading players in China
and we have for this reason taken the decision to increase our ownership in
Vinda”, says Jan Johansson, SCA’s President and CEO.

The transaction is
subject to receiving consent from some of Vinda’s lending banks. Vinda is listed
on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Stockholm, Sweden, 10 April, 2012

For
additional information, please contact:

Pär Altan, Vice President Media
Relations, phone +46 8 788 5237

Johan Karlsson, Vice President Investor
Relations, +46 8 788 5130

NB

This information is such that SCA must
disclose in accordance with the Securities Markets Act.

The information was
submitted for publication on April 10, 2012, at 11.55 CET.

SCA is a global hygiene and paper company that develops and produces personal
care products, tissue, publication papers, solid-wood products and packaging
solutions. Sales are conducted in some 100 countries. SCA has many well-known
brands, including the global brands TENA and Tork. Sales in 2011 amounted to SEK
106 billion (EUR 11.7 billion). SCA has approximately 44,000 employees. More
information at www.sca.com