UPM Raflatac to showcase their more sustainable sticky notes products at the Insights-X stationery expo

Effective with shipments May 16, 2018, transaction pricing for the following products will increase approximately 5%-7% in the US and Canada: • Printing and Publishing grades • Domtar Reply Card Rolls and Sheets • EarthChoice® Colors Multipurpose, Hots Text and Cover, Index, Tag and Vellum Bristol • EarthChoice® Opaque Offset 30% Rolls and Sheets • EarthChoice® Tradebook • Husky® Opaque Offset Rolls and Sheets • HuskyJET® Rolls including processed rolls • Lynx® Opaque Ultra Rolls and Sheets • Converting grades • Engineering Laser Bond • Enterprise Postal Advantage™ • Laser Forms Bond including processed rolls and box forms • White Wove Envelope • Business Papers • Business Papers products including all Domtar mill, private label brands and custom cut sheet products • Xerox® Vitality®, Bold Professional™, Bold Digital™ and Revolution™ products. Price increases apply to all pack types; rolls, folio and cut size. All current standard differentials and upcharges remain in effect.

The Norwegian National Budget for 2023 proposes a reduction of the CO2 compensation to Norwegian industry of approximately NOK 2.7 billion annually. Norske Skog expects a reduction in the CO2 compensation payment to be received from 2023 and onwards of approximately NOK 140 million annually. Yesterday, 6 October 2022, the Norwegian government presented its National Budget proposal for 2023. The budget proposes to reduce the CO2 compensation to Norwegian industry. The CO2 compensation is an EU initiative, which can be implemented at the discretion of each individual member country, designed to mitigate the impact of high CO2 allowance (EUA) prices on electricity costs. The overall ambition is to avoid transfer of energy intensive industries to countries with less strict climate policies outside the EU, this has been termed Carbon Leakage.

•August uncoated free sheet (UFS) paper shipments increased year-over-year for the first time since August 2016. The August shipments of UFS also hit the highest monthly total since March 2016. Imports of UFS decreased by 28% year-over-year in July – the second consecutive decrease of 20% or more. Meanwhile, exports of UFS papers increased 30% year-over-year in July, which is the third consecutive increase of 20% or more. •August shipments of coated free sheet (CFS) papers declined. And while shipments of coated two-sides #1-#2 also decreased year-over-year in August, they still reached the highest monthly total thus far in 2017. U.S. imports of CFS papers decreased 13% year-over-year in July; it is the first year-over-year decline in 2017. Exports of CFS papers increased 11% year-over-year in July, the fifth increase in the past seven months. •Coated mechanical (CM) paper shipments declined year-over-year in August, but reach third highest level in 2017. Imports of CM increased in July, up 11% compared to July 2016, while exports of CM decreased 20% in July. •While shipments of uncoated mechanical (UM) papers declined year-over-year in August, the export data registered a year-over-year increase in July. Imports of UM decreased 3% year-over-year in July while exports of UM increased 10% year-over-year in July – the fourth year-over-year increase in the first seven months of 2017. Click Read More below for additional detail.