Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Notification and Public Disclosure of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities Asean Press Releases April 6, 20210 Company Announcement No. 17/2021 Copenhagen, 6 April 2021 Notification and Public Disclosure of Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities 1. Information on the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a) Name Niels Frederiksen 2. Reason for the notification a) Position/title CEO and member of the Executive Management b) Initial notification/amendment Initial notification 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S b) LEI code 5299003KG4JS99TRML67 4. Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code Shares DK0060696300 – STG b) Nature of the transaction Grant of shares due to vesting of performance share units granted under Long-term Incentive Programme based on KPIs related to the 2018-2020 performance period. c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) DKK 0 60,450 shares d) Aggregated information – Aggregated volume – Price N/A e) Date of the transaction 2021-04-06 f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue 1. Information on the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated a) Name Marianne Rørslev Bock 2. Reason for the notification a) Position/title CFO and member of the Executive Management b) Initial notification/amendment Initial notification 3. Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor a) Name Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S b) LEI code 5299003KG4JS99TRML67 4. Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted a) Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code Shares DK0060696300 – STG b) Nature of the transaction Grant of shares due to vesting of performance share units granted under Long-term Incentive Programme based on KPIs related to the 2018-2020 performance period. c) Price(s) and volume(s) Price(s) Volume(s) DKK 0 6,300 shares d) Aggregated information – Aggregated volume – Price N/A e) Date of the transaction 2021-04-06 f) Place of the transaction Outside a trading venue For further information, please contact: Investors: Torben Sand, Head of Investor Relations, phone: +45 5084 7222 or torben.sand@st-group.com Media: Simon Mehl Augustesen, Director of Group Communications, phone: +1 484-379-8725 or simon.augustesen@st-group.com About Scandinavian Tobacco Group Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S is a world leading manufacturer of cigars and pipe tobacco with an annual production of four billion cigars and 5,000 tonnes of pipe and fine-cut tobacco. The Group holds market-leading positions in several categories and has a portfolio of more than 200 global and local brands. Scandinavian Tobacco Group has its headquarter in Copenhagen, Denmark – and employs approximately 11,000 people in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. For more information please visit www.st-group.com Attachment Scandinavian Tobacco Group – Transactions by Management, Allocation under LTIP 6.4.2021