Summons to metsä tissue corporation's annual general meeting

[REMOVED GRAPHICS] SUMMONS TO METSÄ TISSUE CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Metsä Tissue Corporation shareholders are invited to attend the company's Annual General Meeting, to be held on Tuesday, 19 March 2002 in the Auditorium at Metsätapiola, address Revontulentie 6, 02100 Espoo, Finland, beginning at 1.00 pm. The Meeting will deal with matters pertaining to the Annual General Meeting as stipulated in the Companies Act and in § 9 of the company's Articles of Association. Under the Companies Act, shareholders who are registered at the latest by Friday, 8 March 2002 in the list of shareholders kept by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd, or holders of nominee-registered shares who are registered temporarily in the company's list of shareholders by the same date, have the right to attend the Meeting. Shareholders wishing to attend the Annual General Meeting must signify their intention to do so at the latest by 4 pm on 15 March 2002 either by telephone +358 1046 95041, by e-mail to leena.mantere@metsatissue.com, or in writing to the address Metsä Tissue Corp., Leena Mantere, Itälahdenkatu 15-17, 00210 Helsinki, Finland. Any letters of attorney must be submitted at the same time. Documents relating to the company's accounts are available for inspection by shareholders one week before the Meeting at Metsä Tissue Corp.'s head office at Itälahdenkatu 15-17, 00210 Helsinki, Finland, 4th floor. Copies of these documents will be sent to shareholders on request. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that Metsä Tissue Corp. distribute a dividend of EUR 0.10 per share for the financial period ended 31 December 2001. The record date for dividend payment is 22 March 2002. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the date for payment of dividend be 5 April 2002. Espoo, 5 February 2002 METSÄ TISSUE CORPORATION Board of Directors For more information contact: Acting CFO Timo Suuriniemi, tel. +358 1046 94580, +358 50 560 8271 DISTRIBUTION HEX/Helsinki Exchanges Key media ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/02/27/20020227BIT00020/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/02/27/20020227BIT00020/wkr0002.pdf