ROTTNEROS TO INCREASE PULP PRICES

The price for NBSK will increase to 690 USD/tonne from the same date.

The new prices are valid until further notice.

Upplands Väsby 30 May, 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 producers of market pulp. The Group comprises the parent company Rottneros AB, listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, and its subsidiaries Rottneros Rockhammar AB, Utansjö Bruk AB and Vallviks Bruk AB in Sweden as well as Rottneros Miranda, S.A. in Spain, all with operations involving the production and sale of market pulp. The Group also includes the wood procurement companies Rottneros Baltic SIA of Latvia and Rottneros Madeiras of Portugal. The Group also has a new business area, Rottneros Packaging, which produces food packing materials made from paper pulp. The Group has 800 employees and net sales of approximately SEK 2.4 billion.