Stora Enso's Annual Report 2008 published

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STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 26 February 2009 at 07.00 GMT             

Stora Enso's Annual Report 2008 is published today in English, Finnish and      
Swedish as a pdf document. The document can be downloaded at the Group's website
at www.storaenso.com/annualreport.                                              

The Annual Report 2008 highlights include Stora Enso's new mission and vision.  

The printed Annual Report will be published during the week commencing Monday 9 
March 2009. It will be distributed to those shareholders in Finland and Sweden  
who have so requested, and to all registered ADR holders. Printed copies of the 
report can be ordered at www.storaenso.com/order or by sending an e-mail to     
corporate.communications@storaenso.com.                                         

Stora Enso has today also published the following separate pdf documents:       
Parent company financial statements for 2008 in English and Finnish             
Corporate Governance report in English                                          
Sustainability Performance 2008 report in English                               

All of these documents are available on the Group's website.                    

For further information, please contact:                                        
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, Vice President, Investor Relations and Financial          
Communications,                                                                 
tel. +358 2046 21242                                                            

www.storaenso.com                                                               
www.storaenso.com/investors                                                     


Stora Enso is a global paper, packaging and forest products company producing   
newsprint and book paper, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial
packaging and wood products. The Group has 32 000 employees and 85 production   
facilities in more than 35 countries worldwide, and is a publicly traded company
listed in Helsinki and Stockholm. Our annual production capacity is 12.7 million
tonnes of paper and board, 1.5 billion square metres of corrugated packaging and
6.9 million cubic metres of sawn wood products, including 3.2 million cubic     
metres of value-added products. Our sales in 2008 were EUR 11.0 billion.        



STORA ENSO OYJ                                                                  


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