Stora Enso Oyj - Major shareholder announcements

Stora Enso: Announcement with a reference to Chapter 9, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Markets Act

Helsinki, Finland, 2016-04-14 14:10 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ
MAJOR SHAREHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENT 14 April 2016 at 15.10 EET 


Stora Enso Oyj received on 14 April 2016 a notification under the Chapter 9,
Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which the holdings of
Norges Bank’s (The Central bank of Norway) of Stora Enso’s shares fell below
the threshold of 5% on 13 April 2016. 

Total positions of Norges Bank according to the notification:





                     % of shares   % of shares and      Total of  Total number  
                      and voting    voting rights        both in   of shares and
                      rights        through financial    % (A +    voting rights
                      (total of     instruments (total   B)        of issuer    
                      A)            of B)                                       
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Resulting situation  Shares:       Shares: 0.13%        Shares:   788 619 987   
 on the date on       4.91%        Voting: 0.04%         5.04%     shares       
 which threshold     Voting:                            Voting:   237 718 379   
 was crossed or       1.63%                              1.67%     voting rights
 reached                                                                        
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Position of          Shares:       N/A                  N/A                     
 previous             5.12%                                                     
 notification (if    Voting:                                                    
 applicable)          1.69%                                                     
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Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold
was crossed or reached: 

A: Shares and voting rights



Class/type   Number of shares   Number of        % of shares and  % of shares   
 of shares    and voting         shares and       voting rights    and voting   
              rights             voting rights                     rights       
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ISIN code    Direct (SMA 9:5)   Indirect (SMA    Direct (SMA      Indirect (SMA 
 (if                             9:6 and 9:7)     9:5)             9:6 and 9:7  
 possible)                                                                      
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FI000900596  38 693 177 shares                   4.91% of shares                
1                                                                               
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SUBTOTAL A   38 693 177 shares                   4.91% of shares                
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B: Financial Instruments according to SMA 9:6a



Type of        Expirat  Exercise  Physical or  Number of shares  % of shares and
 financial     ion      /          cash         and voting        voting rights 
 instrument     date    Conversi   settlement   rights                          
                        on                                                      
                         period                                                 
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Shares on      N/A      At any    N/A          1 000 000 shares  0.13% of shares
 loan (right             time                                                   
 to recall)                                                                     
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                                  SUBTOTAL B   1 000 000 shares  0.13% of shares
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For further information, please contact:
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, SVP, Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242

Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging,
biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper on global markets. Our aim is to
replace fossil based materials by innovating and developing new products and
services based on wood and other renewable materials. We employ some 26 000
people in more than 35 countries, and our sales in 2015 were EUR 10.0 billion.
Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq
Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs
(SEOAY) on the International OTCQX over-the-counter market. storaenso.com 



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