Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Major Shareholders Announcement

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 27/2017

                                                                                                                           Copenhagen, 9 November 2017

Major Shareholder's Announcement

With reference to Section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act (værdipapirhandels-loven) Swedish Match Treasury Switzerland AG today informed Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (the "Company") that on 9 November 2017, in connection with an accelerated book building offering, Swedish Match Treasury Switzerland AG has disposed of 9,069,906 shares of nominally DKK 1 each (aggregate nominal value of DKK 9,069,906) in the Company to certain institutional investors, and following settlement Swedish Match Treasury Switzerland AG will thus cross the threshold of 5% of the share capital in the Company.

Following settlement, Swedish Match Treasury Switzerland AG will no longer hold shares in the Company.

Swedish Match Treasury Switzerland AG, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Svenska tändsticksbolaget forsäljningsbolag, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Swedish Match AB, which is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

For further information, please contact:

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

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Source: Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S via Globenewswire