Billerud honoured with ”The stock market company of the year award” for its financial communication.

Billerud honoured with ”The stock market company of the year award” for its
financial communication.

Billerud has been selected as ”The Stock market company of the year” for best
financial communication by the Swedish shareholder Association's magazine 
“Aktiespararen” and the financial advisory firm Kanton. The prize was awarded at
a ceremony held in Stockholm today. 

The citation for the award reads as follows: 

“Billerud performed very strongly in all three sections of our competition and
they communicate relevant information in a clear and attractive way. Out of 293
companies, Billerud came first for financial information on the internet,
seventh in the section for interim reports and 11th for annual reports. The
standard is very high, and the company set an exceptional example in shareholder
communication.” 

- “We are very proud to receive this award. We have worked hard to make
improvements and to be even more precise in our regular financial communication.
Being good at communicating with the capital markets and other parties is very
important for us, not the least in these turbulent times. We are especially
proud of our digital annual report and our website. They are also examples of
efficient solutions for a company like Billerud with so many shareholders,” says
Bertil Carlsén, Billerud's CFO. 

Stockholm 9 October 2008 
Billerud AB (publ) 



Per Lindberg 
President and CEO

For further information, please contact:
Bertil Carlsén, CFO, +46 8 553 335 07 or + 46 730 211 092

Billerud is a packaging paper company. The company's business concept is to
offer demanding customers packaging materials and solutions that promote and
protect their products - packaging that is attractive, strong, sustainable and
based on renewable materials. Billerud has a world-leading position within
several product segment; within paper for consumer and industrial packaging.
Production takes place at three integrated pulp and paper mills in Sweden and at
one paper mill in the UK.
www.billerud.com