2012-03-30 10:00:01 CEST

2012-03-30 10:00:17 CEST


REGULATED INFORMATION

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Metsä Group - Annual report/ annual accounts

Metsä Group's Annual Report 2011 and summary of the year 2011 published


Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 30 March 2011 at 11 AM


Metsä Group's Annual Report for the year 2011 has been published on the Group's
web site at http://www.metsagroup.com/ in English, Finnish and Swedish in PDF
format. The Annual Report includes Financial Statements, Report of the Board of
Directors, Corporate Governance Statement and Salary and Remuneration Report.
Printed copies in English, Finnish and Swedish are available as of 12 April
2012. Requests for printed copies can be submitted by filling in an order form
on the Group's website or by e-mail from communications@metsagroup.com. 

A summary of Metsä Group's stock exchange releases and announcements published
in 2011 is available on the Group's web site at
http://www.metsagroup.com/Financial/financialreporting/. The content of the
releases published in 2011 can partially be out of date. 

Metsä Group's has also published a Sustainability Report. The report is
available in English at www.metsagroup.com/sustainability. 


METSÄ GROUP
Group communications

For further information, please contact:
Reeta Kaukiainen, Senior Vice President, Communications, Metsä Group, tel. +358
50 522 0924 


www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products are part of
people's everyday life and promote sustainable well-being. Metsä Group produces
high-quality products mainly from renewable Nordic wood. The Group's core
businesses 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.