SCA is focused on what was communicated August 24, 2016 concerning the company's hygiene- and forest products operations: SCA plans to split the Group into two listed companies in 2017, hygiene and forest products

'SCA is a leading global hygiene and forest products company. Today about 85% of the Group sales derives from the hygiene business and about 15% from the forest products business. To create further value for the shareholders, the SCA Board of Directors plans to initiate work in order to propose to the Annual General Meeting 2017 to decide on a split of the Group into two listed companies. This is planned to be completed through a distribution of the Group's hygiene business to its shareholders in accordance with the rules of Lex Asea*. In the event of a distribution of the hygiene business, SCA's shareholders will, in addition to their current shareholding, also receive shares in the new listed hygiene company.'

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