Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s Annual General Meeting – Precautionary measures in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19)

                                                                                                      Copenhagen, 20 March 2020Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s Annual General Meeting – Precautionary measures in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19)Scandinavian Tobacco Group intends to conduct its Annual General Meeting on 26 March 2020 at 4.30 pm as scheduled while following the requirements and recommendations from the authorities in light of the coronavirus.Follow the general meeting via webcast
We encourage our shareholders not to attend the general meeting in person.If you have already ordered an admission card, please note that you are anyhow able to vote by post and to give a proxy to the Board of Directors instead of attending the meeting.No catering and only few representatives from Scandinavian Tobacco Group
For those who – irrespective of our recommendations – wish to attend in person, we recommend that you attend unaccompanied. Please arrive no later than at 4.15 pm and line up outside the building while keeping 2 meters distance to others.To reduce the risk of spreading the infection as much as possible, the only representatives of Scandinavian Tobacco Group’s Board of Directors and Management will be the Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors Henrik Brandt and CEO Niels Frederiksen. To ensure that no more than 10 people are present in the same room, you may be directed to a separate room and have to follow the general meeting via video from there.Shareholders attending the general meeting are strongly requested to follow the hygiene instructions from the Danish Health Authority (see www.sst.dk) and WHO: Please keep good hand hygiene (i.e. use a hand sanitizer/wash hands upon arrival) and remember to cough/sneeze into paper tissues or the crook of the elbow.We are closely following the authorities’ recommendations
We are closely following the authorities’ recommendations and urge all shareholders to follow the instructions of the Danish Health Authority (see www.sst.dk), including the strong recommendation to stay home for 14 days if you have returned from travel abroad (see www.um.dk), if you have been in contact with infected persons or if you experience any of the described symptoms (fever, cough or troubled breathing).Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S
The Board of DirectorsFor further information, please contact:
Investors: Torben Sand, Head of Investor Relations,
phone: +45 5084 7222 or torben.sand@st-group.comMedia: Simon Mehl Augustesen, Director of Group Communications,
phone: +1 484-379-8725 or simon.augustesen@st-group.comAbout Scandinavian Tobacco GroupAttachmentScandinavian Tobacco Group, Precautions in relation to AGM 2020, 20.3.2020