Stora Enso to delist euro-quoted shares
STORA ENSO OYJ Stock Exchange Announcement 9 September 2004 at 09.00
Stora Enso to delist euro-quoted shares from Stockholm Stock Exchange The trading systems of the Helsinki and Stockholm stock exchanges will merge on 27 September 2004. It is at the request of the Stockholm Stock Exchange that Stora Enso will delist the Stora Enso EUR A (ISIN FI0009005953) and Stora Enso EUR R shares (ISIN FI0009005961) from Stockholm Stock Exchange. This decision will affect only shareholders owning Stora Enso EUR A and/or R shares that were bought on Stockholm Stock Exchange and that are held in the VPC system or in a Swedish nominee account. As a result, Stora Ensos shares will be quoted in Helsinki in euros (EUR), in Stockholm in Swedish krona (SEK) and in New York in US dollars (USD). Swedish shareholders holding Stora Enso EUR A and/or R shares are offered the following alternatives: 1) Conversion of existing EUR shares into SEK shares at no cost. 2) Transfer EUR shares into a Finnish book-entry account at the latest on 24 September 2004. Please ask your bank or nominee register about any possible transfer costs. Conversion into SEK-quoted shares will happen automatically on 27 September 2004 if a shareholder does not choose to transfer the shares into a Finnish book-entry account. The converted shares will be in the shareholders VP account on 30 September 2004. The last date on which EUR-quoted shares will be traded on Stockholm Stock Exchange will be 24 September 2004. For further information, please contact: Johan Feldreich, Deputy General Counsel, tel. +46 23 78 21 32 Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, Vice President, Investor Relations and Financial Communications, tel. +358 2046 21242 STORA ENSO OYJ Jyrki Kurkinen Ulla Paajanen-Sainio