Interim Report January – June 2005

• Sales were 6,351 MSEK (6,377)
• In local currencies, sales were up 1%
• Operating income amounted to 1,166 MSEK (1,086 MSEK year ago excluding settlement income from UST of 1,521 MSEK)
• Net profit for the period amounted to 738 MSEK (670 MSEK year ago excluding settlement income from UST of 881 MSEK)
• EPS amounted to 2.28 SEK (1.95 SEK year ago excluding settlement income)

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Swedish Match AB (publ), SE-118 85 Stockholm
Visiting address: Rosenlundsgatan 36, Telephone: 08 658 02 00
Corporate Identity Number: 556015-0756
www.swedishmatch.com

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For further information, please contact:
Sven Hindrikes, President and Chief Executive Officer
Office +46 8 658 02 82, Mobile +46 70 567 41 76
Lars Dahlgren, Chief Financial Officer
Office +46 8 658 04 41, Mobile +46 70 958 04 41
Bo Aulin, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Office +46 8 658 03 64, Mobile +46 70 558 03 64
Emmett Harrison, Vice President, Investor Relations (IR)
Office +46 8 658 01 73, Mobile +46 70 938 01 73
Richard Flaherty, Vice President, Business Control & CFO, IR (US)
Office +1 804 302 1774, Mobile +1 804 400 1774



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