Schweitzer-Mauduit

Alpharetta, Georgia, USA, 27 April 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE: SWM) held its annual meeting of stockholders on 26 April 2007 and announced a quarterly dividend of 15 cents (USD 0.15) per share. The board of directors declared the dividend payable on 11 June 2007, to stockholders of record on 04 May 2007.

Stockholders re-elected two Class III directors to three-year terms expiring in 2010: Wayne H. Deitrich, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (SWM) since August 1995, and Larry B. Stillman, vice president, Northwest Group, XPEDX, a distributor of printing paper, packaging supplies, and equipment presently and since 1988. Richard D. Jackson was re-elected by the board of directors to serve as the lead non-management director for a one-year term expiring in April 2008.

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. is a diversified producer of premium specialty papers and the world's largest supplier of fine papers to the tobacco industry. It also manufactures specialty papers for use in alkaline batteries, vacuum cleaner bags, overlay products, saturating base papers, business forms, and printing and packaging applications. Schweitzer-Mauduit and its subsidiaries conduct business in over 90 countries and employ 3500 people worldwide, with operations in the United States, France, Brazil, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Canada. For further information, visit the company's Web site at www.schweitzer-mauduit.com.