Metsä Board Oyj - Managers' transactions

Metsä Board Corporation: Managers’ transactions

Metsä Board Corporation Managers’ transactions 16 March 2017 at 3.30 pm EET


Riikka Joukio, who is a closely associated person to Metsä Board’s CEO,
received on 15 March 2017 shares in her role as a key employee of Metsäliitto
Cooperative and based on Metsä Group’s long term share incentive system plan. 

More specific information on the transaction can be found in the table below:

Closely associated person subject to    Riikka Joukio                           
 the notification:                                                              
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Manager within the issuer:              Mika Joukio                             
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Manager’s position within the issuer:   Chief Executive Officer                 
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The issuer:                             Metsä Board Corporation                 
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Issuer’s LEI-code:                      743700KKB8Q035K38488                    
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Notification type:                      Inital notification                     
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Reference number:                       743700KKB8Q035K38488_20170316094553_2   
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Transaction date:                       15 March 2017                           
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Nature of the transaction:              RECEIPT OF A SHARE-BASED INCENTIVE      
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Instrument type:                        SHARE                                   
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Instrument’s name:                      Metsä Board B share                     
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Instrument’s ISIN-code:                 METSB, ISIN: FI0009000665               
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Transaction details:                    Volume:     Unit price: 0.00 EUR        
                                         11,029                                 
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Number of transactions:                 1                                       
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Aggregated transactions:                Volume:     Volume weighted average     
                                         11,029      price: 0.00 EUR            
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METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION



Further information:

Katri Sundström, Head of Investor Relations, Metsä Board, tel. +358 400 976 333
Juhani Pitkänen, Secretary to the Board, Metsä Board, tel. +358 10 465 5240



www.metsaboard.com

Metsä Board is a leading European producer of folding boxboards and white
linerboards made from fresh forest fibres. Its lightweight paperboards are
developed as the perfect fit for consumer goods, retail-ready and food service
packaging. The pure fresh forest fibres Metsä Board uses are a renewable
resource, traceable to origin in northern forests. 

The global sales network of Metsä Board supports customers worldwide, including
brand owners, converters and merchants. In 2016, the company’s sales totalled
EUR 1.7 billion, and it has approximately 2,500 employees. Metsä Board, part of
Metsä Group, is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.