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Munksjö Oyj: Announcement under Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market Act regarding arrangements which, if completed, will result in a change of the holdings of Ahlstrom Corporation and Antti Ahlström Perilliset Oy

Helsinki, Finland, 2014-02-03 08:15 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 
MUNKSJÖ OYJ, STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 3 February 2014 at 8.15 am CET

Munksjö Oyj has on 31 January 2014 received two announcements referred to in
Chapter 9, Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act. The announcements
include the following information: According to the announcement from Ahlstrom
Corporation (Finnish Business Identity Code 1670043-1), in the case that the
Annual General Meeting of Ahlstrom Corporation would decide upon a dividend in
accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors and the share
compensation agreed upon in the price risk sharing agreement between Ahlstrom
and EQT that Ahlstrom gave notice of on 9 January 2014, would not materialise,
the holding would decrease and fall below the threshold of 10 per cent and the
direct holding would be 4 972 197 shares, corresponding to 9.74 per cent of
Munksjö's shares and voting rights. 

According to the announcement from Antti Ahlström Perilliset Oy (Finnish
Business Identity Code 1548388-5), in the case that the Annual General Meeting
of Ahlstrom Corporation would decide upon a dividend in accordance with the
proposal of the Board of Directors, the holding of Antti Ahlström Perilliset Oy
would increase and exceed the threshold of 5 per cent and the direct holding
would be 2 587 320 shares, corresponding to 5.07 per cent of Munksjö's shares
and voting rights. 

Munksjö Oyj's registered share capital is EUR 15 000 000 and it consists of 51
061 581 shares. All shares carry equal voting rights. 

Munksjö Oyj


For more information, please contact:
Åsa Fredriksson, SVP HR and Communications, tel. +46 10 250 1003
Laura Lindholm, Investor Relations Manager, tel. +46 10 250 1026



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