2015-02-12 12:00:00 CET

2015-02-12 12:00:02 CET


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Metsä Board Oyj - Company Announcement

Historical figures based on the new reporting structure


Metsä Board Corporation Stock Exchange Release 12 February 2015 at 1 pm EET

Metsä Board Corporation, part of Metsä Group, announced on 10 December 2014 to
renew its management and reporting structure as of 1 January 2015 to enable
successful implementation of the company's growth strategy in paperboard
businesses. 

Metsä Board's reporting segments from the first quarter of 2015 onwards are:

- Paperboard

 - Non-core operations

Paperboard segment includes folding boxboard, fresh forest fibre linerboard,
wallpaper base and market pulp businesses. Non-core operations include Husum's
standard paper business until the planned discontinuation latest by end 2017
and Gohrsmühle mill's cast coated and label paper businesses. Capital employed
related to Metsä Board's Pohjolan Voima Oy ownership, earlier reported under
Other operations, has been allocated to Paperboard segment. 

Accounting for the 24.9 per cent ownership in Metsä Fibre will remain
unchanged. The associated company result of Metsä Fibre is allocated to
Paperboard segment. 

The historical figures based on the new business area structure are presented
in the tables below. 

Sales and result  by                                                            
 segment                                                                        
                               2014     2014     2014     2014     2014     2013
EUR million                      Q4       Q3       Q2       Q1    Q1-Q4    Q1-Q4
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Paperboard                    363.8    375.1    355.8    349.5  1,444.2  1,368.5
Non-core operations           126.9    127.7    126.5    136.0    517.1    578.7
Other operations               71.5     73.8     71.4     70.7    287.5    300.8
Internal sales                -62.7    -62.8    -59.8    -55.0   -240.3   -228.7
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Sales                         499.4    513.8    494.0    501.2  2,008.4  2,019.3
Paperboard                     66.7     60.6     60.6     58.9    246.8    203.2
Non-core operations            -7.4      5.4      0.9      3.8      2.8      9.5
Other operations               -3.0     -5.3     -5.6      6.5     -7.4      2.1
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EBITDA                         56.4     60.7     55.8     69.2    242.2    214.8
% of sales                     11.3     11.8     11.3     13.8     12.1     10.6
Paperboard                     51.0     44.2     45.4     43.8    184.3    145.4
Non-core operations           -40.5     -4.0     -6.9     -6.1    -57.4    -30.6
Other operations               -3.8     -6.0     -6.4      5.8    -10.4     -1.2
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Operating result                6.7     34.2     32.2     43.5    116.5    113.6
% of sales                      1.3      6.6      6.5      8.7      5.8      5.6
Non-recurring items in                                                          
 operating result                                                               
Paperboard                      0.1      0.0      4.0      0.0      4.1      2.9
Non-core operations           -38.6     -1.1      0.0      0.0    -39.7      0.7
Other operations                8.5      0.0     -0.2      7.4     15.7      5.5
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Metsä Board Group             -30.1     -1.1      3.8      7.4    -19.9      9.2
Paperboard                     67.0     60.6     56.6     58.9    243.0    202.8
Non-core operations             5.1      6.5      0.8      3.8     16.3      8.9
Other operations              -11.5     -5.3     -5.4     -0.9    -23.1     -3.7
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EBITDA, excl.                  60.6     61.8     52.0     61.8    236.3    208.0
 non-recurring items                                                            
% of sales                     12.1     12.0     10.5     12.3     11.8     10.3
Paperboard                     50.9     44.2     41.4     43.8    180.2    142.5
Non-core operations            -1.8     -2.9     -6.9     -6.1    -17.7    -31.3
Other operations              -12.3     -6.0     -6.1     -1.6    -26.1     -6.8
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Operating result,              36.8     35.2     28.3     36.1    136.5    104.4
excl. non-recurring items                                                       
% of sales                      7.4      6.9      5.7      7.2      6.8      5.2
Operating result, excl.                                                         
 non-recurring                                                                  
Items, % of sales                                                               
Paperboard                     14.0     11.8     11.6     12.5     12.5     10.4
Non-core operations            -1.5     -2.3     -5.4     -4.5     -3.4     -5.4
Return on capital                                                               
 employed, %                                                                    
Paperboard                     17.6     15.1     15.7     15.3     16.4     12.6
Non-core operations           -66.0     -5.6     -8.6     -6.7    -19.5     -8.2
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Metsä Board Group               1.8      9.0      8.5     11.2      7.7      7.0
Return on capital                                                               
 employed,                                                                      
excl. non-recurring items,                                                      
 %                                                                              
Paperboard                     17.6     15.1     14.3     15.3     16.0     12.3
Non-core operations            -3.0     -4.1     -8.6     -6.7     -6.0     -8.4
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Metsä Board Group               9.6      9.2      7.5      9.9      9.1      6.4
Capital employed, EUR                                                           
 million                                                                        
Paperboard                  1,124.7  1,189.5  1,151.1  1,159.3  1,124.7  1,122.4
Non-core operations           212.7    277.9    289.5    349.7    212.7    376.6
Unallocated and               187.9     87.7     90.8     72.5    187.9     51.9
 eliminations                                                                   
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Metsä Board Group           1,525.4  1,555.1  1,531.4  1,581.5  1,525.4  1,550.9



Deliveries                       2014  2014  2014  2014   2014   2013
1,000 tonnes                       Q4    Q3    Q2    Q1  Q1-Q4  Q1-Q4
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Paperboard                        326   344   322   318  1,311  1,183
Non-core operations               158   158   153   167    636    716
Paperboard and Paper deliveries   485   502   475   484  1,946  1,898
Market Pulp                       148   153   158   152    611    635
Production                       2014  2014  2014  2014   2014   2013
1,000 tonnes                       Q4    Q3    Q2    Q1  Q1-Q4  Q1-Q4
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Paperboard                        348   336   349   337  1,370  1,244
Non-core operations               152   163   145   169    629    721
Paperboard and Paper production   500   499   494   506  1,999  1,965
Metsä Board Pulp mills            337   320   299   337  1,294  1,249
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                           2014   2014   2014   2014   2014   2013
Personnel, total             Q4     Q3     Q2     Q1  Q1-Q4  Q1-Q4
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Paperboard                1,405  1,446  1,643  1,417  1,405  1,373
Non-core operations       1,140  1,156  1,141  1,170  1,140  1,218
Other operations            567    562    587    559    567    526
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Personnel, total          3,111  3,164  3,370  3,145  3,111  3,116
                           2014   2014   2014   2014   2014   2013
Personnel, total average     Q4     Q3     Q2     Q1  Q1-Q4  Q1-Q4
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Paperboard                1,474  1,495  1,473  1,376  1,474  1,461
Non-core operations       1,161  1,164  1,175  1,199  1,161  1,237
Other operations            565    564    560    556    565    547
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Personnel, total average  3,200  3,224  3,209  3,131  3,200  3,245
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METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION

For further information, please contact:

Markus Holm, CFO, tel. +358 10 465 4913
Juha Laine, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications, tel. +358 10
465 4335