2012-02-20 08:00:07 CET

2012-02-20 08:01:23 CET


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Stora Enso Oyj - Annual report/ annual accounts

Stora Enso’s Annual Report 2011 published


Helsinki, Finland, 2012-02-20 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 20 February 2012 at 9.00 EET 

Stora Enso's Annual Report 2011 is published today as PDF documents. Stora
Enso's Annual Report is comprised of four separate publications: Stora Enso
Rethink 2011, Financial Report 2011, Corporate Governance Report 2011 and
Global Responsibility Report 2011. 

Stora Enso Rethink 2011 is available in English, Finnish and Swedish. Financial
Report 2011, Corporate Governance Report 2011 and Global Responsibility Report
2011 are available in English. 

Printed publications will be published during the week commencing Monday 5
March 2012. Stora Enso Rethink 2011, including Stora Enso Facts & Figures 2011
insert, will be distributed to shareholders registered with Euroclear Finland
and Euroclear Sweden who have requested a copy. Printed copies of Stora Enso
Rethink 2011, Financial Report 2011 and Global Responsibility Report 2011 can
be ordered at www.storaenso.com/order or by sending an e-mail to
group.communications@storaenso.com. Corporate Governance Report 2011 will be
available only as a PDF. 

Stora Enso has today also published the following separate PDF documents:

  -- The official Financial Statements in Finnish
  -- English translation of the Parent Company Financial Statements for 2011
  -- Finnish translation of the Corporate Governance Report 2011
  -- Global Responsibility Stakeholder Magazine in English

All of these publications and documents can be downloaded at the Group's
website at www.storaenso.com/annualreport. 

For further information, please contact:
Lauri Peltola, Head of Communications and Global Responsibility, tel. +358 2046
21380 

 www.storaenso.com
www.storaenso.com/investors

Stora Enso is the global rethinker of the biomaterials, paper, packaging and
wood products industry. We always rethink the old and expand to the new to
offer our customers innovative solutions based on renewable materials. Stora
Enso employs some 30 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2011 amounted to
EUR 11.0 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (STEAV,
STERV) and Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the
USA as ADRs (SEOAY) in the International OTCQX over-the-counter market. 

STORA ENSO OYJ