Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Major Shareholders Announcement

COMPANY ANNOUNCMENT
No. 48/2016

                                                                                                                           Copenhagen, 29 September 2016

Major Shareholder's Announcement


With reference to Section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act (værdipapirhandels-loven) it is hereby announced that FIL Limited has informed Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S that funds administered by companies within FIL Limited on 27 September 2016 control shares in total amounting to more than 5% of the company's share capital, and that FIL Limited exercises more than 5% of the voting rights.

Funds administered by FIL Limited thus control 5,027,858 shares with a nominal value of DKK 1 (aggregate nominal value DKK 5,027,858), corresponding to 5.03% of the total share capital, and on behalf of these funds FIL Limited exercises 5.03% of the voting rights.

For further information, please contact:

For media enquiries:
Kaspar Bach Habersaat, Director of Group Communications, phone: [phone]
or [e-mail].

For investor enquiries:
Torben Sand, Head of Investor Relations, phone: [phone] or [e-mail].

Company Announcement 48_2016. Major shareholder's announcement.

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Source: Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S via Globenewswire