Stora Enso Oyj - Company Announcement

Stora Enso shares converted

Helsinki, Finland, 2013-10-15 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 15 October 2013 at 9.00 EET 

During the 1- 30 September 2013 conversion period there was one conversion and
a total of 600 A shares were converted into R shares. The shares were recorded
in the Finnish trade register today, 15 October 2013, and trading in the new R
shares will start on 16 October 2013. 

Breakdown of shares after conversion:

A shares  177 145 772
R shares  611 474 215
Total     788 619 987

Each A share and each ten R shares carry one vote. The total amount of votes
after conversion is 
238 293 193.

For further information, please contact:
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, SVP, Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242

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. 

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