Svenska Cellulosa : New forest survey shows higher standing volume and higher growth in SCA’s forests

New forest survey shows higher standing volume and higher growth in SCA's forests

SCA has performed a new forest survey in 2019. According to the new survey,
SCA's standing timber volume is 11 million cubic metres (m[3]fo [1]) higher than
previously estimated. The survey also shows that the annual growth is 1 million
cubic metres higher than the previous estimate.

'We manage our forests for the long term and for high growth, which this new
survey confirms', says CEO Ulf Larsson. 'A higher standing timber volume means
that our forest resource has a higher value. A higher growth gives a higher
yield over the long term and also means that our forests bring an increasing
contribution to combatting climate change.'

According to the new survey, SCA's standing volume in Sweden is estimated at 249
million m[3]fo as of December 31, 2019. This compares with the previous survey
from 2012-2013 and which indicated standing volume of 238 million m[3]fo at the
end of 2019. Of the 11 million m[3]fo increase, about 6 million m[3]fo is
related to higher than expected growth during the period between surveys (six
years) and about 5 million m[3]fo is related to improved data measurement
compared with the previous survey.

The annual gross growth in Sweden amounted to approximately 10.5 million m[3]fo,
1 million m[3]fo higher than the estimate in the previous survey of about 9.5
million m[3]fo. Net growth amounted to approximately 4.0 million m[3]fo,
compared with the previously estimated net growth of about 3.0 million m[3]fo.

Based on the new forest survey, a new harvesting plan is being undertaken and is
expected to be completed in the first half of 2020.

Together with 3 million m[3]fo of forest in the Baltic states, SCA's total
standing volume amounts to 252 million m[3]fo.

[1][ ]Forest cubic metres, m[3]fo, is a measure of the volume of wood in living
trees based on  the tree trunk, including bark and the tree-top, but excluding
branches and needles.

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Please note:

This is information that SCA is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market
Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the
agency of the contact person set out below, on January 30, 2020 at 07:55 a.m.
CET.

Björn Lyngfelt, Vice President, Communications, [phone]

For further information, please contact:

Toby Lawton, CFO, tel. [phone]

Andreas Ewertz, Investor Relations Director, tel + 46 (0)60 19 31 97

Björn Lyngfelt, SVP Communications, tel. [phone]


The core of SCA's business is the forest, Europe's largest private forest
holding. Around this unique resource, we have built a well-developed value chain
based on renewable raw material from our own and others' forests. We offer paper
for packaging and print, pulp, wood products, renewable energy, services for
forest owners and efficient transport solutions. 2019 the forest products
company SCA had approximately 4,000 employees and sales amounted to
approximately SEK 19.6 bn (EUR 1.9 bn). SCA was founded in 1929 and has its
headquarters in Sundsvall, Sweden. For more information, visit www.sca.com

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