Stora Enso Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

Stora Enso: Announcement with a reference to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act

Helsinki, Finland, 2016-04-27 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ
MAJOR SHAREHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENT 27 April 2016 at 09.00 EET 

Stora Enso Oyj received on 26 April 2016 a notification under the Chapter 9,
Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which the holdings of
Norges Bank (The Central bank of Norway) in Stora Enso’s shares including
holding through financial instruments fell below the threshold of 5% on 25
April 2016. 

Total positions of Norges Bank and its funds according to the notification:



                     % of shares   % of shares and      Total of  Total number  
                      and voting    voting rights        both in   of shares and
                      rights        through financial    % (A +    voting rights
                      (total of     instruments (total   B)        of issuer    
                      A)            of B)                                       
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Resulting situation  Shares:       Shares: 3.09%        Shares:   788 619 987   
 on the date on       1.06%        Voting: 1.02%         4.15%     shares       
 which threshold     Voting:                            Voting:   237 718 379   
 was crossed or       0.35%                              1.37%     voting rights
 reached                                                                        
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Position of          Shares:       Shares: 0.13%        Shares:                 
 previous             4.91%        Voting: 0.04%         5.04%                  
 notification (if    Voting:                            Voting:                 
 applicable)          1.63%                              1.67%                  
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Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
was crossed or reached: 

A: Shares and voting rights



Class/type    Number of shares  Number of shares  % of shares     % of shares   
 of shares     and voting        and voting        and voting      and voting   
               rights            rights            rights          rights       
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ISIN code     Direct (SMA 9:5)  Indirect (SMA     Direct (SMA     Indirect (SMA 
 (if                             9:6 and 9:7)      9:5)            9:6 and 9:7  
 possible)                                                                      
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FI0009005961  8 346 431                                    1.06%                
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SUBTOTAL A    8 346 431                                    1.06%                
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B: Financial Instruments according to SMA 9:6a



Type of         Expirat  Exercise  Physical or    Number of        % of shares  
 financial      ion      /          cash           shares and       and voting  
 instrument      date    Conversi   settlement     voting rights    rights      
                         on                                                     
                          period                                                
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Shares on loan  N/A      At any    N/A            24 346 746               3.09%
 (right to                time                                                  
 recall)                                                                        
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                                   SUBTOTAL B     24 346 746               3.09%
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For further information, please contact:
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, SVP, Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242


Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging,
biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper on global markets. Our aim is to
replace fossil based materials by innovating and developing new products and
services based on wood and other renewable materials. We employ some 26 000
people in more than 35 countries, and our sales in 2015 were EUR 10.0 billion.
Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq
Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs
(SEOAY) on the International OTCQX over-the-counter market. storaenso.com 



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