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New shares in Suominen Corporation registered with the Trade Register

Tampere, Finland, 2011-10-21 08:48 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Suominen
Corporation                         Stock exchange release 21 October 2011 at
9:45 a.m. 

Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States,
Australia, Japan or Canada. 

New shares in Suominen Corporation registered with the Trade Register

A total of 198,539,108 new shares were subscribed for in Suominen Corporation's
("Suominen") share issue directed to the public (the “Share Issue”) and a share
issue directed to the holders of Suominen's capital loan 2008 (the “Conversion
Share Issue”). The subscription period of the Share Issue and the Conversion
Share issue ended on 11 October 2011. 

All new shares have been registered with the Trade Register on 21 October 2011.
Following the registration, the total number of Suominen's shares is
245,934,122 shares. The new shares include the right to dividends and other
distributions of assets as well as other shareholder rights as from the
registration date of 21 October 2011. 

Trading in the new shares alongside the existing shares will commence on 24
October 2011. 


Helsinki, 21 October 2011

Suominen Corporation

Board of Directors


For additional information please contact:
Mr. Petri Rolig, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)10 214 300
Mr. Arto Kiiskinen, Vice President and CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 214 300


Suominen produces high-quality flexible packaging, wet wipes and nonwovens for
industry and the retail sector. The Group is one of Europe's leading
manufacturers in all its business areas, with operations in Finland, Poland,
the Netherlands, and Russia. The Group had net sales of EUR 173 million in 2010
and it employs around 900 people. Suominen is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
www.suominen.fi 


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