50,000 Metsä Board’s A-shares converted into B-shares

Metsä Board Corporation Stock Exchange Release 1 Febuary 2013 at 10.00 am EET

In accordance with Section 14 of the Articles of Association of Metsä Board Corporation, 50 000 A-shares have been converted into 50,000 B-shares. The conversion has been entered into the Trade Register on 1 February 2013 and the trading with these shares commences on 4 February 2013.

The total number of Metsä Board’s shares is 328,165,612. After the conversion the amount of A-shares is 36,289,550 which entitle to 71 per cent of the voting rights in Metsä Board and the amount of B-shares is 291,876,062 which entitle to 29 of the voting rights.

METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION

For further information, please contact:

Matti Mörsky, CFO, tel. +358 10 465 4913                                                                                           
Juha Laine, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications, tel. +358 10 465 4335