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. The shareholders have now appointed the representatives on the Nomination Committee.

For the period until the 2012 AGM, Holmen's Nomination Committee will have the following members:

Fredrik Lundberg, Chairman of the Board
Mats Guldbrand, L E Lundbergföretagen
Johan Kempff, Kempe Foundations
Ramsay Brufer, Alecta pension insurance, mutual

The chairman of the Nomination Committee is Mats Guldbrand.

The 2012 AGM will be held in Stockholm on 29 March.

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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 15.00 CET on Wednesday 28 September 2011.