Metsäliitto Osuuskunta - Changes board/management/auditors

Martti Asunta continues as Chairman of the Metsäliitto Cooperative Board of Directors

Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 10 January 2013 12.30 pm


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. Metsä Group's President and CEO
Kari Jordan was elected to continue as Deputy Chairman of the Board of
Directors. 

Arto Hiltunen continues as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and Martti
Asunta and Eino Halonen as its members. 

Martti Asunta continues as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and Eino
Halonen and Antti Tukeva continue as its members. 


For further information, please contact:
Esa Kaikkonen, General Counsel, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10 465 4749


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Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group. Our products are part of
people's everyday life, promoting sustainable well-being. Metsä Group produces
high-quality products mainly from renewable Nordic wood. The Group's business
areas are tissue and cooking papers, board and paper, pulp, wood products as
well as wood supply. Metsä Group's sales totalled EUR 5.3 billion in 2011, and
it employs approximately 12,500 people. The Group operates in some 30
countries.