STANDARD & POOR´S DOWNGRADED M-REAL´S CREDIT RATING
M-real Corporation Stock Exchange Bulletin 4.8.2006 at 1.00 p.m. STANDARD & POOR´S DOWNGRADED M-REAL´S CREDIT RATING Standard & Poors Ratings Services has today downgraded M-realCorporation´s BB- rating to B+. The outlook of the rating remainsnegative. Downgrade has an annual impact of approximately EUR 1.3 million on M-reals current financing costs. M-REAL CORPORATION Corporate Communications For further information please contact Aapo Nikunen, ManagingDirector, Metsä Group Financial Services, tel. +358 500 848 116, orHannu Anttila, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 469 4343 or