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Martti Asunta continues as Chairman of Metsäliitto Cooperative Board of Directors

Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 10 January 2018 at 13.30 pm EET
The Board of Directors of Metsä Group’s parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative
elected in its constituent meeting Martti Asunta, M.Sc. (Forestry), to continue
as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has been a member of the Board of
Directors since 2005 and Chairman since 2008.

The compositions of Board of Directors’ committees are the following:

  · Audit Committee: Mikael Silvennoinen, Arto Hiltunen and Martti Asunta
  · Compensation Committee: Arto Hiltunen, Martti Asunta and Timo Saukkonen

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Miika Arola, Group General Counsel, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10 465 4205
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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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