2013-02-18 08:00:07 CET

2013-02-18 08:01:01 CET


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Stora Enso Oyj - Annual report/ annual accounts

Stora Enso’s Annual Report 2012 published


Helsinki, Finland, 2013-02-18 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 18 February 2013 at 9.00 EET 

Stora Enso's Annual Report 2012 is published today as PDF documents. Stora
Enso's Annual Report is comprised of four separate publications: Stora Enso
Rethink 2012, Financial Report 2012, Corporate Governance Report 2012 and
Global Responsibility Report 2012. 

Stora Enso Rethink 2012 is available in English, Finnish and Swedish. Financial
Report 2012, Corporate Governance Report 2012 and Global Responsibility Report
2012 are available in English. 

Printed publications will be published during the week commencing Monday 4
March 2013. Stora Enso Rethink 2012, including Stora Enso Facts & Figures 2012
insert, will be distributed to shareholders registered with Euroclear Finland
and Euroclear Sweden who have requested a copy. Printed copies of Stora Enso
Rethink 2012, Financial Report 2012 and Global Responsibility Report 2012 can
be ordered at www.storaenso.com/order or by sending an e-mail to
group.communications@storaenso.com. Corporate Governance Report 2012 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 2012
  -- Finnish translation of the Corporate Governance Report 2012


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

For further information, please contact:
Sanna Lahti, SVP, Global Communications, tel. +358 2046 21251


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

Stora Enso is the global rethinker of the paper, biomaterials, wood products
and packaging 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 28 000 people worldwide, and our sales in 2012 amounted to
EUR 10.8 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