Nominations committee for 2009 Annual General Meeting

Nominations committee for 2009 Annual General Meeting

In accordance with the decision made at the Annual General Meeting of Billerud
AB on 29 April, 2008, the chairman has contacted the largest shareholders and a
nominations committee has been formed with the following members:

Michael M.F. Kaufmann, Frapag Beteiligungsholding AG, chairman
Anders Oscarsson, SEB fonder and SEB Trygg Liv
Fredrik Nordström, AMF Pension Fondförvaltning AB

Ingvar Petersson, the chairman of Billerud AB, is the secretary of the
nominations committee. 

Shareholders are welcome to send suggestions and opinions to the committee via
email to valberedningen@billerud.com or by normal post to Valberedningen,
Billerud AB, Box 703, 169 27 Solna.

The 2009 Annual General Meeting will take place on 6 May 2009 at Nalen,
Regeringsgatan 74, Stockholm, Sweden.

Stockholm, 23 October 2008
Billerud AB (publ)


Per Lindberg
President and CEO

For further information, please contact:
Ingvar Petersson, Chairman, Billerud AB, +46 70 595 76 05


The information is such that under the Securities and Clearing Operations Act,
Billerud AB is 
obligated to publish it. 


Billerud is a packaging paper company. The company's business concept is to
offer demanding customers packaging materials and solutions that promote and
protect their products - packaging that is attractive, strong, sustainable and
based on renewable materials. Billerud has a world-leading position within
several product segment; within paper for consumer and industrial packaging.
Production takes place at three integrated pulp and paper mills in Sweden and at
one paper mill in the UK.

www.billerud.com