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BlackRock’s holding in UPM has gone above the threshold of 5 per cent

UPM-Kymmene Corporation   Stock Exchange Release   9 March 2015 at 17.15 EET

BlackRock's holding in UPM has gone above the threshold of 5 per cent

UPM-Kymmene Corporation has on 9 March 2015 received an announcement under
Chapter 9, Section 5 of the Securities Markets Act, according to which
BlackRock, Inc.'s indirect holding in UPM has gone above the threshold of 5 per
cent on 6 March 2015. 

According to the announcement, the indirect holding of BlackRock, Inc. in UPM
has increased to 26,706,671 shares, corresponding to 5.00 per cent of UPM's
shares and voting rights. UPM's registered total number of shares and voting
rights amounting to 533,735,699 has been used in the calculation of percentages
for the announcement. 

BlackRock, Inc.'s indirect holding is divided among its controlled undertakings
as follows: 

Chain of controlled undertakings                  Voting rights    Percentage   
                                                   held             held        
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BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V.                              154,572          0.03%
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BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited                         4,860,818          0.91%
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BlackRock Advisors, LLC                                   216,813          0.04%
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BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited                 233,195          0.04%
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BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG                 977,286          0.18%
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BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited               3,494          0.00%
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BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.                      347,768          0.07%
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BlackRock Fund Advisors                                 7,891,880          1.48%
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BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National         9,125,772          1.71%
 Association                                                                    
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BlackRock International Limited                           118,334          0.02%
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BlackRock Investment Management (Australia)               275,139          0.05%
 Limited                                                                        
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd                1,305,379          0.24%
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BlackRock Investment Management, LLC                      492,508          0.09%
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BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.                                 703,713          0.13%
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Grand Total                                            26,706,671          5.00%
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UPM-Kymmene Corporation
Pirkko Harrela
Executive Vice President, Stakeholder Relations

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