Stora Enso Oyj - Decisions of general meeting

Stora Enso's Annual General Meeting and decisions by the Board of Directors

Stora Enso's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 29 March 2007 adopted
the accounts for 2006 and granted the Company's Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer discharge from responsibility for the
period.

Dividend
The AGM approved a proposal by the Board of Directors that a dividend
of EUR 0.45 per share be paid for the financial year 2006. The
Company will pay the dividend on 17 April 2007 to the shareholders
entered in the shareholder registers maintained by the Finnish
Central Securities Depository or VPC on the dividend record date, 3
April 2007. Dividends for VPC-registered shares will be paid in
Swedish krona and dividends for ADR holders will be paid in US
dollars.

Members of the Board of Directors
The AGM approved a proposal that the Board of Directors shall have
nine members and that of the present members Gunnar Brock, Lee A.
Chaden, Claes Dahlbäck, Dominique Hériard Dubreuil, Birgitta Kantola,
Ilkka Niemi, Jan Sjöqvist, Matti Vuoria and Marcus Wallenberg be
re-elected to continue in office. Jukka Härmälä relinquishes his seat
on the Board of Directors.

Auditor
The AGM approved a proposal that Authorised Public Accountants
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy be elected to act as auditor of the Company
until the end of the following AGM.

Remuneration
The AGM approved the proposed annual remuneration for the Board of
Directors as follows:
  Chairman                    EUR 135 000
  Vice Chairman            EUR   85 000
  Members                    EUR   60 000

The AGM approved the proposed annual remuneration for the Board
committees as follows:

Financial and Audit Committee
  Chairman                    EUR 20 000
  Member                     EUR 14 000

Compensation Committee
  Chairman                    EUR 10 000
  Member                     EUR 6 000


Appointment of Nomination Committee
The AGM approved a proposal to appoint a Nomination Committee to
prepare proposals concerning (a) the number of members of the Board
of Directors, (b) the members of the Board of Directors, (c) the
remuneration for the Chairman, Vice Chairman and members of the Board
of Directors and (d) the remuneration for the Chairman and members of
the committees of the Board of Directors. The Nomination Committee
shall consist of four members:
-         the Chairman of the Board of Directors
-         the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
-         two members appointed by the two largest shareholders (one
each) according to the register of shareholders on 1 October 2007.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall convene the Nomination
Committee and before 31 January 2008 the Nomination Committee shall
present its proposals for the AGM to be held in 2008. A member of the
Board of Directors may not be appointed as Chairman of the Nomination
Committee. Annual remuneration of EUR 3 000 shall be paid to a member
of the Nomination Committee who is not a member of the Board of
Directors.

Decisions by the Board of Directors

At its meeting held after the AGM, the Stora Enso Board of Directors
elected from among its members Claes Dahlbäck as its Chairman and
Ilkka Niemi as Vice Chairman.

Jan Sjöqvist (chairman), Lee A. Chaden, Claes Dahlbäck, Birgitta
Kantola and Ilkka Niemi will continue as members of the Financial and
Audit Committee.

Claes Dahlbäck (chairman), Dominique Hériard Dubreuil, Ilkka Niemi
and Matti Vuoria will continue as members of the Compensation
Committee.


For further information, please contact:
Jyrki Kurkinen, Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, tel. +358 2046
21217
Kari Vainio, Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications, tel.
+44 77 9934 8197


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STORA ENSO OYJ


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