COMPANY ANNOUNCMENT
No. 43/2016
Copenhagen, 9 September 2016
Major Shareholder's Announcement
With reference to Section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act (værdipapirhandels-loven) it is hereby announced that FMR LLC has informed Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S that funds administered by companies within FMR LLC on 7 September 2016 own shares in total amounting to more than 5% of the company's share capital, and that FMR LLC exercises more than 5% of the voting rights.
Funds administered by FMR LLC thus hold 6,417,686 shares with a nominal value of DKK 1 (aggregate nominal value DKK 6,417,686), corresponding to 6.42% of the total share capital, and on behalf of these funds FMR LLC exercises 6.42% 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.
