Suominen Yhtymä - Company Announcement

Composition of Suominen's Nomination Committee

Tampere, Finland, 2011-11-17 10:20 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Suominen Corporation
                                     Stock exchange release 17 November 2011 at
11:20 a.m. 

Composition of Suominen's Nomination Committee

The representatives notified by the company's three largest shareholders have
been elected to Suominen Corporation's Nomination Committee. The
representatives are: Jan Lång, President & CEO, Ahlstrom Corporation; Timo
Ritakallio, Deputy CEO, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company; and Risto
Murto, Executive Vice-President, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company. Jorma
Eloranta, Chairman of Suominen's Board of Directors, serves as the Nomination
Committee's expert member. 

Suominen's Extraordinary General Meeting held on 12 September 2011 resolved to
establish a Nomination Committee to prepare proposals for the following Annual
General Meeting concerning the election and remuneration of the members of the
Board of Directors. Under the resolution, representatives of the three largest
shareholders as of 15 November 2011 are elected to the Nomination Committee and
the Chairman of the Board of Directors would serve as an expert member. The
resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting regarding the establishment of
the Nomination Committee was conditional and only came into effect on 21
October 2011 upon the completion of the transaction between the company and
Ahlstrom Corporation. 

The Nomination Committee shall submit its proposals to the Board of Directors
no later than 1 February prior to the Annual General Meeting. 

Tampere, 17 November 2011

Suominen Corporation

Arto Kiiskinen
Vice President and CFO


For additional information please contact:
Mr. Arto Kiiskinen, Vice President and CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 214 300


Suominen produces high-quality nonwovens, flexible packaging and wet wipes for
industry and the retail sector. www.suominen.fi