M-real - Company Announcement

M-real's divestment of Hallein pulp mill closed

M-real Stock Exchange  Release 1 September 2011 at 13.00 EET

M-real Corporation, part of Metsäliitto Group, has on 1 September closed the
transaction to divest the entire share capital in M-real Hallein GmbH to the
Schweighofer Group. 

The signing of the transaction was announced on 30 June 2011.

The divestment is expected to reduce M-real's annual sales by approximately EUR
75 million and improve the operating result by approximately EUR 5 million
based on Hallein mill's actual performance in 2010. 


For further information, please contact:
Sari Pajari, SVP, business development tel. +358 10 465 4525
Juha Laine, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications, tel. +358 10
465 4335