Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Major Shareholders Announcement

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
No. 30/2017

                                                                                                                           Copenhagen, 4 December 2017

Major Shareholders Announcement

With reference to Section 29 of the Danish Securities Trading Act (værdipapirhandels-loven) it is hereby announced that FMR LLC has informed Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (The Company") that funds administered by companies within FMR LLC have increased its holding of shares in The Company from 6.19% to 6.46% of the share capital.

Funds administered by FMR LLC thus hold 6,458,274 shares with a nominal value of DKK 1 (aggregate nominal value DKK 6,458,274). On behalf of these funds FMR LLC exercises 6.46% of the voting rights.

For further information, please contact:

For media enquiries:
Simon Mehl Augustesen, Director of Group Communications, phone: [phone]
or [e-mail].

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