Metsä Board Oyj — Share Issue/Capital Change 2018

Sep 20, 2018

80,000 Metsä Board A-shares converted into B-shares

80,000 Metsä Board A-shares converted into B-shares

Metsä Board Corporation Stock Exchange Release 20 September 2018 at 2 pm EEST
80,000 Metsä Board A-shares converted into B-shares

In accordance with Section 14 of the Articles of Association of Metsä Board
Corporation, 80,000 A-shares have been converted into 80,000 B-shares based on
requests by shareholders. The conversion has been entered into the Trade
Register on 20 September 2018 and trading with these shares is estimated to
commence on 21 September 2018.

The total number of Metsä Board shares is 355,512,746. After the conversion the
amount of A-shares is 35,358,794 which entitle to approximately 69 per cent of
the voting rights in Metsä Board and the amount of B-shares 320,153,952 which
entitle to approximately 31 per cent of the voting rights.

METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION
Further information:

Katri Sundström, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 400 976 333
Metsä Board
www.metsaboard.com
Metsä Board is a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards
including folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners. Our
lightweight paperboards are developed to provide better, safer and more
sustainable solutions for consumer goods as well as retail-ready and food
service applications. We work together with our customers on a global scale to
innovate solutions for better consumer experiences with less environmental
impact. The pure fresh fibres Metsä Board uses are a renewable resource,
traceable to origin in sustainably managed northern forests.The global sales
network of Metsä Board supports customers worldwide, including brand owners,
retailers, converters and merchants. In 2017, the company’s sales totalled EUR
1.8 billion, and it has approximately 2,350 employees. Metsä Board, part of
Metsä Group, is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.
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