Ahlstrom - Company Announcement

Ahlstrom to sell its Paulínia plant in Brazil to Suominen

Ahlstrom Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE January 10, 2014 at 10.30 EET

Ahlstrom Corporation and Suominen Corporation have agreed on the sale of the
shares of Ahlstrom Fabricação de Não-Tecidos Ltda to Suominen. The company
operates the Brazilian plant of Ahlstrom's former Home and Personal business
area.

Ahlstrom sold its wipes business, the Home and Personal business area, to
Suominen in 2011, but the transfer of the Paulínia plant in Brazil was prolonged
due to delays in certain required official permissions and subsequent
renegotiations between Suominen and Ahlstrom. The enterprise value of the
transaction is agreed at EUR 17.5 million. Suominen will finance the acquisition
through a convertible hybrid bond issue with a nominal value of EUR 17.5
million.

Ahlstrom's Home and Personal business area, excluding the Brazilian part of the
operation, was transferred to Suominen on October 31, 2011. The plant sold today
is located in Paulínia, Brazil, approximately 120 kilometers northwest of São
Paulo. The plant was built in 2008 and employs approximately 40 people. All
employees will be transferred to Suominen at the closing of the transaction,
which is expected to take place in February 2014."We are very pleased that the transfer of Ahlstrom Paulínia and consequently the
divestment of our wipes business to Suominen will now be completed. In
accordance with our new strategy, Ahlstrom focuses on high performance fiber-
based products that aim for a clean and healthy environment," said Jan Lång,
President & CEO, Ahlstrom."Finalizing the acquisition of the Paulínia plant marks an important milestone
for Suominen. The deal provides us a foothold in the South American markets
where we see very exciting growth opportunities," said Nina Kopola, President &
CEO, Suominen.

The transaction requires that the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of
Suominen will authorize its Board to issue a convertible hybrid bond.

Ahlstrom to underwrite the convertible hybrid bond issue

Ahlstrom will sell Ahlstrom Paulínia to Suominen in exchange for cash, and has
agreed to underwrite any convertible hybrid capital notes not sold to the market
at nominal value.

Ahlström Capital Group has committed to purchase any notes received by Ahlstrom,
at the same nominal value, any time as requested by Ahlstrom within 9.5 months
of the closing of the Ahlstrom Paulínia transaction. As compensation Ahlstrom
will grant Ahlström Capital an option to acquire Ahlstrom's current 26.9%
shareholding in Suominen at a price of EUR 0.50 per share within 10 months of
the closing of the transaction. Ahlstrom will, however, retain the right to sell
all or part of its shares in Suominen to other parties until Ahlström Capital
exercises the option."We are pleased to participate in the completion of the Paulínia factory
transaction. We consider it as an interesting opportunity that through
commitments made now in the financing arrangement, Ahlström Capital has the
possibility to become one of the major shareholders of Suominen," says Panu
Routila, President & CEO of Ahlström Capital.

More details related to the planned convertible hybrid bond will be published in
conjunction with the shareholders' meeting notice issued by Suominen today on
January 10, 2014.

Suominen will hold a press conference in Helsinki today at 12.30 p.m. Finnish
time (+1 CET), address Itämerentori 2, 2 floor (meeting room Lyra). In addition,
representatives of both Ahlstrom Corporation and Ahlström Capital Group will
attend the conference.



For more information, please contact:
Liisa Nyyssönen
Vice President, Communications
Tel. +358 10 888 4757

Ahlstrom in brief
Ahlstrom is a high performance fiber-based materials company, partnering with
leading businesses around the world to help them stay ahead. Our products are
used in a large variety of everyday applications, such as filters, medical gowns
and drapes, diagnostics, wallcoverings, flooring and food packaging. We have a
leading market position in the businesses in which we operate. In 2012,
Ahlstrom's net sales from the continuing operations (excluding Label and
Processing business) amounted to EUR 1 billion. Our 3,800 employees serve
customers in 24 countries. Ahlstrom's share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki. More information available at www.ahlstrom.com.


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