Stora Enso's Annual Report 2009 published

STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 25 February 2010 at 07.00 GMT             

Stora Enso's Annual Report 2009 is published today as PDF documents. Stora      
Enso's Annual Report is comprised of three separate reports: Stora Enso 2009,   
Financial Performance 2009 and Sustainability Performance 2009.                 

Stora Enso 2009 is available in English, Finnish and Swedish. Financial         
Performance 2009 and Sustainability Performance 2009 are available in English.  
All three reports can be downloaded at the Group's website at                   
www.storaenso.com/annualreport.                                                 

The printed Annual Report will be published during the week commencing Monday 8 
March 2010. Stora Enso 2009 will be distributed to those shareholders in Finland
and Sweden who have so requested, and to all registered ADR holders. Printed    
copies of all the reports can be ordered at www.storaenso.com/order or by       
sending an e-mail to corporate.communications@storaenso.com.                    

Stora Enso has today also published the following separate PDF documents:       
Finnish translation of Financial Performance 2009                               
Parent company financial statements for 2009 in English and Finnish             
Corporate Governance report in English and Finnish                              

All of these documents are available on the Group's website.                    

For further information, please contact:                                        
Sanna Lahti, Director, Financial and Change Communications, tel. +358 2046 21251

www.storaenso.com                                                               
www.storaenso.com/investors                                                     


Stora Enso is the world leader in forest industry sustainability. We offer our  
customers solutions based on renewable raw materials. Our products provide a    
climate-friendly alternative to many non-renewable materials, and have a smaller
carbon footprint. Stora Enso is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and
the FTSE4Good Index. Stora Enso employs some 27 000 people worldwide, and our   
sales in 2009 amounted to EUR 8.9 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on      
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition,   
the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs (SEOAY) in the International OTCQX     
over-the-counter market.                                                        


STORA ENSO OYJ                                                                  


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