METSÄ TISSUE APPOINTS MIKKO HELANDER PRE
METSÄ TISSUE CORP. STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 6.2.2003 AT 9.15 AM
METSÄ TISSUE APPOINTS MIKKO HELANDER PRESIDENT AND CEO The Board of Directors of Metsä Tissue Corporation has appointed Mikko Helander (42) as the companys President and CEO with effect from 1 August 2003. Mr Helander is currently President of Metso Papers Valmet Converting Group based at Bedford in the UK. Metsä Tissues present President and CEO Hannu Anttila will join the Metsäliitto Group on 19 March 2003. Lars Warvne, COO of the Metsä Tissue Groups Supply Team, will act as President and CEO during the period 19 March-31 July 2003. Metsä Tissue is a vigorously developing European consumer goods company whose tissue products and baking and cooking papers are used by both households and large-scale consumers. Metsä Tissues main market is Europe north of the Alps, where the company is the fourth biggest supplier of tissue and the market leader in baking and cooking papers. In the Nordic countries, Metsä Tissue is the market leader in tissue products. In 2002, the company had a turnover of EUR 648 million and employed 3,300 people. Metsä Tissue is part of M- real Corporation and the Metsäliitto Group. For more information: Jouko M. Jaakkola, President and CEO, M-real Corporation tel. +358 10 469 4118 Hannu Anttila, President and CEO, Metsä Tissue Corporation tel.+358 10 469 4959 Mikko Helander, President and CEO, Metsä Tissue Corporation from 1 August 2003, tel. +44 1234 852 553 Metsä Tissue Corporation Corporate Communications Johanna Kankkunen Communications Manager DISTRIBUTION HEX/Helsinki Exchanges Key media