Price announcement

Metsä Fibre increases the price of Botnia Nordic Pine (Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft) in Europe, effective 1 November 2013.

The new price is USD 920 per tonne, CIF Metsä Fibre’s frequently used European ports of destination.

All other terms and conditions remain unchanged.

www.metsafibre.com

Metsä Fibre is a world-leading producer of softwood pulp. Our main products – sustainably and cost-efficiently produced softwood and birch pulp – are specially developed for the production of high-quality fine papers, magazine and tissue papers, and board. Our product brand is Botnia. With four pulp mills in Finland, we employ a total of about 900 people. Our sales in 2012 were approximately EUR 1.3 billion. Metsä Fibre is part of Metsä Group.

www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products’ main raw material is renewable and sustainably grown Nordic wood. Metsä Group focuses on tissue and cooking papers, consumer packaging paperboards, pulp, wood products, and wood supply. Its high-quality products combine renewable raw materials, customer-orientation, sustainable development and innovation. Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5.0 billion in 2012, and it employs approximately 11,500 people. The Group operates in some 30 countries. Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group and is owned by approximately 125,000 Finnish forest owners.