COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 24/2017
Copenhagen, 1 September 2017
Major Shareholders Announcement
With reference to Section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act (værdipapirhandelsloven) it is hereby announced that FMR LLC has informed Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (the "Company") that funds administered by companies within FMR LLC on 30 August 2017 control shares in total amounting to less than 5% of the company's share capital, and that FMR LLC exercises less than 5% of the voting rights.
Funds administered by FMR LLC thus control 4,936,600 shares with a nominal value of DKK 1 (aggregate nominal value DKK 4,936,600), corresponding to 4.94% of the total share capital, and on behalf of these funds FMR LLC exercises 4.94% of the voting rights.
For further information, please contact:
For investor enquiries:
Torben Sand, Head of Investor Relations
phone: +45 7220 7126 or torben.sand@st-group.com
