Stora Enso shares converted

STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 16 January 2012 at 9.00 EET

During the 1–31 December 2011 conversion period there was one conversion and a total of 1 000 A shares were converted into R shares. The shares were recorded in the Finnish trade register today, 16 January 2012, and trading in the new R shares will start on 17 January 2012.

Breakdown of shares after conversion:
 

Each A share and each ten R shares carry one vote. The total amount of votes after conversion is 238 386 844.

For further information, please contact:
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242


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Stora Enso is the global rethinker of the packaging, paper and wood products industry. We always rethink the old and expand to the new to offer our customers innovative solutions based on renewable materials. Stora Enso employs some 30 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2010 amounted to EUR 10.3 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.

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