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Preliminary information on Metsä Group’s sales and profitability in the fourth quarter of 2017

Metsä Group Stock exchange release 9 January 2018 at 12 noon EET
Due to suspected information security breach Metsä Group announces preliminary
information on sales and profitability in the fourth quarter of 2017.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, sales were approximately EUR 1 328 million and
comparable operating result was approximately EUR 185 million. Figures are based
on preliminary unaudited information.

Metsä Group will publish its 2017 Financial statements bulletin on 8 February
2018.

METSÄ GROUP
For further information, please contact:
Vesa-Pekka Takala, CFO, Metsä Group, and Deputy Managing Director of Metsäliitto
Cooperative, tel. +358 10 465 4260
Juha Laine, SVP, Communications, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10 465 4541
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Metsä Group is a forerunner in sustainable bioeconomy utilising renewable wood
from sustainably managed northern forests. Metsä Group focuses on wood supply
and forest services, wood products, pulp, fresh fibre paperboards and tissue and
cooking papers.

Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 4.7 billion in 2016, and it employs
approximately 9,300 people. The Group operates in some 30 countries. Metsäliitto
Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group and is owned by approximately
104,000 Finnish forest owners.

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