COMPANY ANNOUNCMENT
No. 35/2016
Copenhagen, 8 August 2016
Major Shareholder's Announcement
With reference to Section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act (værdipapirhandels-loven) it is hereby announced that The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") has informed Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S that funds administered by companies within the CGC group on 3 August 2016 own shares in total amounting to less than 5% of the company's share capital, and that the CGC group exercises less than 5% of the voting rights.
Funds administered by the CGC group thus hold 4,951,839 shares with a nominal value of DKK 1 (aggregate nominal value DKK 4,951,839), corresponding to 4.95% of the total share capital, and on behalf of these funds the CGC group exercises 4.95% of the voting rights.
For further information, please contact:
For media enquiries:
Kaspar Bach Habersaat, Director of Group Communications, phone: +45 7220 7152
or kaspar.bach@st-group.com.
For investor enquiries:
Torben Sand, Head of Investor Relations, phone: +45 7220 7126 or torben.sand@st-group.com.
