80,000 Metsä Board A-shares converted into B-shares

Metsä Board Corporation Stock Exchange Release 20 September 2018 at 2 pm EEST

80,000 Metsä Board A-shares converted into B-shares

In accordance with Section 14 of the Articles of Association of Metsä Board Corporation, 80,000 A-shares have been converted into 80,000 B-shares based on requests by shareholders. The conversion has been entered into the Trade Register on 20 September 2018 and trading with these shares is estimated to commence on 21 September 2018.

The total number of Metsä Board shares is 355,512,746. After the conversion the amount of A-shares is 35,358,794 which entitle to approximately 69 per cent of the voting rights in Metsä Board and the amount of B-shares 320,153,952 which entitle to approximately 31 per cent of the voting rights.

METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION

Further information:

Katri Sundström, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 400 976 333

Metsä Board
www.metsaboard.com

Metsä Board is a leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards including folding boxboards, food service boards and white kraftliners. Our lightweight paperboards are developed to provide better, safer and more sustainable solutions for consumer goods as well as retail-ready and food service applications. We work together with our customers on a global scale to innovate solutions for better consumer experiences with less environmental impact. The pure fresh fibres Metsä Board uses are a renewable resource, traceable to origin in sustainably managed northern forests.The global sales network of Metsä Board supports customers worldwide, including brand owners, retailers, converters and merchants. In 2017, the company’s sales totalled EUR 1.8 billion, and it has approximately 2,350 employees. Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.

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