New Senior Vice President Human Resources of Billerud

Billerud has appointed Cecilia Lundin as new Senior Vice President Human Resources and member of the Senior Management Team of Billerud as of August 1, 2006. She will replace Anna-Lena Nyberg who will retire according to plan on June 30, 2006. At present, Cecilia Lundin is Head of Human Resources at Novartis Sverige AB. She also has experience as Business Unit Manager within Adcore Consulting AB and as Organisation Development Manager and Unit Manager within Ericsson Business Consulting. Solna 1 June 2006 Billerud AB (publ) Per Lindberg Managing Director and CEO For further information, please contact: Per Lindberg, Managing Director and CEO, tel +46 8 553 335 00