Nomination Committee at Holmen

Holmen’s Annual General Meeting has decided that the Nomination Committee shall
consist of the Chairman of the Board and one representative of each of the
company’s three largest shareholders (in terms of voting rights) as of 31 August
each year.

For the period until the 2013 AGM, Holmen’s Nomination Committee will have the
following members:

Fredrik Lundberg, Chairman of the Board
Mats Guldbrand, L E Lundbergföretagen
Alice Kempe, Kempe Foundations
Hans Hedström, Carnegie Fonder

The chairman of the Nomination Committee is Mats Guldbrand.

The 2013 AGM will be held in Stockholm on 10 April.

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For further information please contact:
Ingela Carlsson, Public Relations Director, Holmen, tel. +46 702 12 97 12

In its capacity as issuer, Holmen AB is releasing the information in this press
release in accordance with Chapter 17 of the Swedish Securities Market Act
(2007:528). The information was distributed to the media for publication at
13.00 CET on Tuesday 9 October 2012.