Suominen Oyj - Changes in company's own shares

The 2,000,000 new shares of Suominen Corporation registered and admitted to public trading

Helsinki, Finland, 2013-08-16 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Suominen
Corporation   Stock Exchange Release    16 August 2013 at 9:00am (EEST) 

THE 2,000,000 NEW SHARES OF SUOMINEN CORPORATION REGISTERED AND ADMITTED TO
PUBLIC TRADING 

The 2,000,000 new shares of Suominen Corporation issued to the company itself
without consideration, published with the stock exchange release on 17 July
2013, have been registered in the trade register on 15 August 2013. 

After the registration of the above mentioned new shares the total number of
the company's shares is 247,934,122 shares, of which 2,060,298 shares are held
by the company. 

The above mentioned new shares have been admitted to public trading together
with the company's old shares on the stock exchange list of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Oy on 16 August 2013. 

The company is exempted from publishing a prospectus in connection with
applying admission to public trading for the above shares based on chapter 4
section 4 subsection 1) of the Securities Market Act. 

SUOMINEN CORPORATION
Board of Directors

For further information, please contact:
Tapio Engström, CFO of Suominen Corporation and Secretary to the Board of
Directors, tel. +358 10 214 300 


Suominen in brief

Suominen supplies its industrial and retail customers with nonwovens and
flexible packaging for use in consumer products worldwide. Suominen is the
global market leader in nonwovens for wipes. The company employs more than
1,000 people in Europe and in the United States. Suominen's net sales in 2012
amounted to MEUR 410.4 and operating profit excluding non-recurring items was
MEUR 12.9 (continuing operations). The Suominen share (SUY1V) is listed in
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Stock Exchange. Read more at www.suominen.fi. 


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