SCA (Nasdaq:SVCBY) (STO:SCAA) (STO:SCAB) (LSE:SNKB):
Dividend The Annual General Meeting approved a dividend of SEK 12.00 (11.00) per share for the fiscal year 2006. Over the past decade the dividend has grown by an average of 9% per year. The record date for the dividend is Tuesday, 3 April 2007 and payment of dividend by VPC is expected on 10 April.
Election of Board members and Board Chairman The Board members Rolf Borjesson, Soren Gyll, Tom Hedelius, Leif Johansson, Sverker Martin-Lof, Anders Nyren, Barbara M. Thoralfsson and Jan Astrom were re-elected. Sverker Martin-Lof was re-elected as Chairman.
Division of shares The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders decided on a 3:1 share split of SCA's shares, whereby each existing share (regardless of share class) will be divided into three shares. The planned settlement date is Wednesday, 9 May 2007.
The speech delivered by President and CEO Jan Astrom at the Annual General Meeting is available at SCA's website www.sca.com.
SCA is a global consumer goods and paper company that develops, produces and markets personal care products, tissue, packaging solutions, publication papers and solid-wood products. Sales are conducted in some 90 countries. SCA has annual sales in excess of SEK 101 billion (c. EUR 11 billion) and production facilities in more than 40 countries. SCA had approximately 51,000 employees at the beginning of 2007. SCA shares are traded on the Stockholm, London and New York stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.sca.com
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