Regulatory
Press release
27 Feb 2004, 12:49 CET

Acquisition of Henry Cooke finalized

Acquisition of Henry Cooke finalized Billerud has today, after approval by the British competition authority, the OFT, acquired 100 percent of the shares in the British packaging paper company Henry Cooke Ltd. Stockholm 27 February 2004 Billerud AB (publ) Bert Östlund President & CEO For further information, please contact: Bert Östlund, +46 8 553 335 01 For further information about Billerud, please visit www.billerud.com. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/02/27/20040227BIT00340/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/02/27/20040227BIT00340/wkr0002.pdf