Ahlstrom - Notice to convene extr.general meeting

Notice of Ahlstrom Corporation's extraordinary general meeting

Ahlstrom Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE October 15, 2012 at 13.00

Not for distribution in or into Australia, Canada, the Hong Kong special
administrative region of the People's Republic of China, Japan, New Zealand,
South Africa or the United States.

Notice is given to the shareholders of Ahlstrom Corporation to the Extraordinary
General Meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. in the
Helsinki Hall of the Finlandia Hall, Mannerheimintie 13 e, Helsinki, Finland
(main entrances M4 / K4). The reception of persons who have registered for the
meeting and the distribution of voting tickets will commence at 12.00 a.m.
Registration for the meeting is requested to be made no later than 12.45 p.m.

A. Matters on the agenda of the Extraordinary General Meeting

At the Extraordinary General Meeting the following matters will be considered:

 1. Opening of the meeting
 2. Calling the meeting to order
 3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to supervise the counting
    of votes
 4. Recording the legality of the meeting
 5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of votes
 6. Resolution on the demerger of the LP Europe Business

The Board of Directors of Ahlstrom Corporation and Munksjö Corporation have on
September 11, 2012 signed two demerger plans in relation to the combination of
Ahlstrom Group's Label and Processing business and Munksjö AB that was announced
on August 28, 2012. One demerger plan concerns the Ahlstrom Group's Label and
Processing business in Europe (the "LP Europe Business") whereas the other
concerns the Ahlstrom Group's Label and Processing business in Brazil (the"Coated Specialties Business").

Pursuant to the one demerger plan ("LP Europe Demerger Plan") all the assets and
liabilities related to the LP Europe Business will, as a result of a partial
demerger, be transferred to Munksjö Corporation, a new company established in
Finland for these purposes (the "LP Europe Demerger").

The Board of Directors proposes to the General Meeting the approval of the LP
Europe Demerger in accordance with the LP Europe Demerger Plan.

Upon the execution of the LP Europe Demerger, the shareholders of Ahlstrom
Corporation shall receive as demerger consideration 0.25 new shares in Munksjö
Corporation for each share owned in Ahlstrom Corporation (i.e. the exchange
ratio is 4:1) (the "LP Europe Demerger Consideration"). In case the number of
shares received by a shareholder of the company as LP Europe Demerger
Consideration would be a fractional number, the fractions shall be rounded down
to the nearest whole number. No LP Europe Demerger Consideration will be paid on
the basis of own shares held by Ahlstrom Corporation.

A shareholder of Ahlstrom Corporation, who has voted against the LP Europe
Demerger in the General Meeting, has the right  mentioned in Chapter 17, Section
13 of the Finnish Companies Act (624/2006, as amended) to demand redemption of
his/her/its LP Europe Demerger Consideration at the General Meeting.

7.   Resolution on the demerger of the Coated Specialties Business

The Board of Directors of Ahlstrom Corporation has on September 11, 2012 signed
also another demerger plan (the "Coated Specialties Demerger Plan"), pursuant to
which all the assets and liabilities related to the Coated Specialties Business
will, as a result of a partial demerger, be transferred to Munksjö Corporation,
a new company established in Finland for these purposes ("Coated Specialties
Demerger").

The Board of Directors proposes to the General Meeting the approval of the
Coated Specialties Demerger in accordance with the Coated Specialties Demerger
Plan.

Upon execution of the demerger of the Coated Specialties Business, the
shareholders of Ahlstrom Corporation shall receive as demerger consideration
0.265 new shares in Munksjö Corporation for each share owned in Ahlstrom
Corporation (the "Coated Specialties Demerger Consideration"). In case the
number of shares received by a shareholder of the company as Coated Specialties
Demerger Consideration would be a fractional number, the fractions shall be
rounded down to the nearest whole number. No Coated Specialties Demerger
Consideration will be paid on the basis of own shares held by Ahlstrom
Corporation.

A shareholder of Ahlstrom Corporation, who has voted against the Coated
Specialties Demerger in the General Meeting, has the right mentioned in Chapter
17, Section 13 of the Finnish Companies Act (624/2006, as amended) to demand
redemption of his/her/its Coated Specialties Demerger Consideration at the
General Meeting.

8.    Closing of the meeting

B. Documents of the Extraordinary General Meeting

The aforesaid proposals of the Board of Directors relating to the agenda of the
Extraordinary General Meeting as well as this notice are available on the
Company's website at www.ahlstrom.com/agm. Other documents, which according to
the Finnish Companies Act shall be kept available for the shareholders, will be
available on the above-mentioned website as from October 26, 2012, at the
latest.

The proposals of the Board of Directors and the other documents mentioned above
are also available at the meeting. The minutes of the meeting will be available
on the above-mentioned website as from December 11, 2012, at the latest.

C. Instructions for participants in the Extraordinary General Meeting

1. The right to participate and registration

Each shareholder, who is registered on November 15, 2012 in the shareholders'
register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd., has the right to
participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting. A shareholder whose shares are
registered on his/her personal Finnish book-entry account is registered in the
shareholders' register of the Company.

A shareholder who wishes to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting
shall register for the meeting by giving prior notice of participation on
November 22, 2012 at 4 p.m. at the latest. Such notice can be given:

  * on the Company's website www.ahlstrom.com/agm,
  * by email to yhtiokokous@ahlstrom.com,
  * by mail to Ahlstrom Corporation, EGM, P.O.B. 329, 00101 Helsinki, Finland,
  * by telefax to +358 (0)10 888 4789, or
  * by phone during office hours to +358 (0)10 888 4726

In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall state his/her name,
personal identification number, address, telephone number and the name of a
possible assistant or proxy representative and the personal identification
number of such proxy representative. The personal data given to Ahlstrom
Corporation is used only in connection with the Extraordinary General Meeting
and with the processing of related registrations.

Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Companies Act, a shareholder who is
present at the Extraordinary General Meeting has the right to request
information with respect to the matters to be considered at the meeting.

2. Proxy representative and powers of attorney

A shareholder may participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting and exercise
his/her rights at the meeting also by way of proxy representation.

A proxy representative shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a
reliable manner demonstrate his/her right to represent the shareholder at the
Extraordinary General Meeting. When a shareholder participates in the
Extraordinary General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives
representing the shareholder with shares at different book-entry accounts, the
shares by which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be
identified in connection with the registration for the general meeting.

Possible proxy documents should be delivered to the address above before the
last date of registration. A template for a proxy is available at the Company's
website mentioned above.

3. Holders of nominee registered shares

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request necessary
instructions regarding the registration to be temporarily entered into the
shareholders' register, the issuing of proxy documents and registration for the
Extraordinary General Meeting from his/her custodian bank well in advance.

If a holder of nominee registered shares is entitled to be registered in the
shareholders' register on the record date November 15, 2012, the shareholder may
in accordance with the instructions from his/her custodian bank request to be
temporarily entered into the shareholders' register of the Company in order to
participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting, at the latest on November
22, 2012 at 10.00 a.m. A holder of nominee registered shares is considered to
have registered for the Extraordinary General Meeting if he/she has been
temporarily recorded in the shareholders' register as described above. Further
information on these matters can also be found on the Company's website
mentioned above.

4. Other instructions and information

On the date of this notice to the Extraordinary General Meeting, October
15, 2012, the total number of shares in Ahlstrom Corporation amounts to
46,670,608 and said shares have 46,670,608 votes in total.

After the meeting coffee will be served in the lobby of the Finlandia Hall.

Helsinki, October 15, 2012

AHLSTROM CORPORATION

The Board of Directors



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



Ahlstrom in brief
Ahlstrom is a high performance 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, wallcoverings, flooring, labels and food packaging. We have a leading
market position in the businesses in which we operate. Our 5,200 employees serve
customers in 28 countries on six continents. In 2011, Ahlstrom's net sales
amounted to EUR 1.6 billion. The company's share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki. More information is available at www.ahlstrom.com.



Disclaimer
This document may not be distributed in or into Australia, Canada, the Hong Kong
special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, Japan, New
Zealand, South Africa or the United States. The information contained herein
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the
securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction.

This document is not an offer for sale of securities in the United States.
Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration
or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. Ahlstrom Corporation, Munksjö AB and Munksjö Corporation have not
registered, and do not intend to register, any offering of the Munksjö shares in
the United States. There will be no public offering of the Munksjö shares in the
United States.

This document is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons
who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) to investment professionals falling
within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial
Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (iii) high net worth companies, and other
persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article
49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iv) persons who are members or creditors of the
company to which this communication relates, falling within article 43(2) of the
Order (all such persons in (i), (ii) (iii) and (iv) above together being
referred to as "relevant persons"). Any investment activity to which this
document relates will be only available to and will be engaged in only with,
relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely
on this document or any of its contents.


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