Metsä Board Oyj - Managers' transactions

Metsä Board Corporation: Managers’ transactions

Metsä Board Corporation Managers’ transactions 16 March 2017 at 3.30 pm EET

Metsäliitto Cooperative, who is a closely associated person to Metsä Board’s
Chairman of the Board, transferred on 15 March 2017 shares relating to Metsä
Group’s and Metsä Board’s long term share incentive plans. 

More specific information on the transaction can be found in the table below:

Closely associated legal person         Metsäliitto Cooperative                 
 subject to the notification:                                                   
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Manager within the issuer:              Kari Jordan                             
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Manager’s position within the issuer:   Chairman of the Board                   
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The issuer:                             Metsä Board Corporation                 
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Issuer’s LEI-code:                      743700KKB8Q035K38488                    
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Notification type:                      Inital notification                     
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Reference number:                       743700KKB8Q035K38488_20170316094843_4   
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Transaction date:                       15 March 2017                           
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Nature of the transaction:              DISPOSAL                                
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Instrument type:                        SHARE                                   
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Instrument’s name:                      Metsä Board B share                     
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Instrument’s ISIN-code:                 METSB, ISIN: FI0009000665               
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Transaction details:                    Volume:       Unit price: 0.00 EUR      
                                         1,024,647                              
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Number of transactions:                 1                                       
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Aggregated transactions:                Volume:       Volume weighted average   
                                         1,024,647     price: 0.00 EUR          
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METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION



Further information:

Katri Sundström, VP, Investor Relations, Metsä Board, tel. +358 400 976 333
Juhani Pitkänen, Secretary to the Board, Metsä Board, tel. +358 10 465 5240




www.metsaboard.com



Metsä Board is a leading European producer of folding boxboards and white
linerboards made from fresh forest fibres. Its lightweight paperboards are
developed as the perfect fit for consumer goods, retail-ready and food service
packaging. The pure fresh forest fibres Metsä Board uses are a renewable
resource, traceable to origin in northern forests. 

The global sales network of Metsä Board supports customers worldwide, including
brand owners, converters and merchants. In 2016, the company’s sales totalled
EUR 1.7 billion, and it has approximately 2,500 employees. Metsä Board, part of
Metsä Group, is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.