M-REAL HAS MADE THE FINAL BID FOR THE PO
M-real Corporation Stock Exchange Announcement 10.9.2003 at 10.00 M-REAL HAS MADE THE FINAL BID FOR THE PORTUCEL STAKE M-real Corporation has made the final bid for a minority shareholdingof 25 % in Portucel on September 9, 2003. M-real decided not to makeany material changes in the content of the original bid. The priceset by the Portuguese government is approximately 400 MEUR. The valueof the office paper business in M-real´s bid is approximately 1 000MEUR. The original bid was made on June 4, 2003. The Portuguese government is expected to publish their proposal forthe Portucel