Metsäliitto Osuuskunta - Company Announcement

The start-up schedule for Metsä-Botnia s new pulp mill in Uruguay will have no significant impact on Metsäliitto Group s financial result for this year

Stock exchange release 1.10.2007

Metsä-Botnia's pulp mill in Fray Bentos, Uruguay is technically
nearly completed. According to the original schedule, the mill was
foreseen to start up production by the end of the third quarter of
2007.

The start-up process will be set in motion as soon as the Uruguayan
environmental authorities give their permission. The start-up
schedule will have no significant impact on Metsäliitto Group's
financial result for this year.

Additional information:
Lauri Peltola, Group CCO, Metsäliitto Group, tel. +358 50 570 5606