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-real
Corporation´s BB- rating to B+. The outlook of the rating remains
negative.
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, Managing
Director, Metsä Group Financial Services, tel. +358 500 848 116, or
Hannu Anttila, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 469 4343 or +358 50
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