ROTTNEROS TO INCREASE PULP PRICES

The new price is valid until further notice.

Upplands Väsby 20 March, 2006

ROTTNEROS AB (Publ.)

For further information call CEO Lars Blecko, +46 70 641 49 10 or Marketing Director Tomas Wiklund +46 70 590 01 24

Rottneros is one of the world’s leading independent manufacturers of market pulp. The Group consists of the parent company, Rottneros AB, which is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, along with its subsidiaries of Rottneros Rockhammar AB, Utansjö Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB in Sweden as well as Rottneros Miranda, S.A. in Spain, with activities involving production and sales of market pulp, plus the raw materials purchasing company of Rottneros Baltic SIA in Latvia. The Group has a total of 804 employees and a turnover of approximately SEK 2.4 billion.