Stora Enso Oyj

Capital/Financing Update • Feb 13, 2019

Stora Enso issues its first Green Bonds

Stora Enso issues its first Green Bonds

STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 13 February 2019 at 17.30 EET
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT BEING MADE IN, AND COPIES OF IT MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED
OR SENT INTO, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR JAPAN.

Stora Enso has today successfully issued its first Green Bonds. The bonds are
issued under its EMTN (Euro Medium Term Note) programme. The total aggregated
principal amount of the transaction is SEK 6 000 million. The bonds are issued
under Stora Enso’s Green Bond framework (https://www.storaenso.com/
-/media/documents/non-download-center/financial/green-bond-framework.ashx)
published in May 2018. The bonds have three tranches as follows:

1)  SEK 3 000 million matures in August 2021 and pays a floating coupon of
STIBOR +0.85%.

2)  SEK 1 250 million matures in February 2024 and pays a floating coupon of
STIBOR +1.45%.

3)  SEK 1 750 million matures in February 2024 and pays a fixed coupon of
1.875%. The issue price is 100, and is equal to SEK-swap +145 basis points.

There are no financial covenants for the bonds. The bonds will be listed on the
Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The bookrunners for the transactions were DnB,
Nordea, and SEB.

“Stora Enso has the long-term aim to secure funding partners that have
sustainability as a fundamental part of their agenda. We are very pleased to
successfully issue our first Green Bonds. The proceeds are intended entirely to
finance our ongoing acquisition of forest assets in Bergvik Skog. This is fully
in line with our Green Bond Framework, as Bergvik Skog’s forest lands are 100%
certified to sustainable forestry,” says SVP Group Treasurer Pasi Kyckling.

“This successful Green Bond is further evidence that our Sustainability Agenda
underpins core business processes, such as the raising of new finance to grow
our share of the bioeconomy,” says Noel Morrin, EVP Sustainability.

More information about our Green Bonds is available at
storaenso.com/greenbonds (https://www.storaenso.com/en/investors/stora-enso-as
-an-investment/debt-investors/green-bonds).

For further information, please contact:

Pasi Kyckling
SVP, Group Treasurer
tel. +358 40 820 6902

Investor enquiries:

Ulla Paajanen
SVP, Investor Relations
tel. +358 40 763 8767

Part of the bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable
solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper. We believe
that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from
a tree tomorrow. Stora Enso has some 26 000 employees in over 30 countries. Our
sales in 2018 were EUR 10.5 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq
Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the
shares are traded in the USA as ADRs (SEOAY).
storaenso.com (http://www.storaenso.com/)

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1933, as amended. Stora Enso Oyj does not intend to register any of the
securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of the
securities in the United States.

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MiFID II professionals/ECPs-only – Manufacturer target market (MIFID II product
governance) is eligible counterparties and professional clients only (all
distribution channels).
For further information, please contact:
Pasi Kyckling
SVP, Group Treasurer
tel. +358 40 820 6902

Investor enquiries:
Ulla Paajanen
SVP, Investor Relations
tel. +358 40 763 8767