Stora Enso Oyj - Company Announcement

Stora Enso's Finnish mills affected by stevedores' strike

STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 4 March 2010 at 8.30 GMT                  

Stora Enso expects to begin temporarily shutting down its Finnish mills in the  
near future due to the strike by the stevedores at Finnish ports.               

The impact of the strike on Stora Enso's financial results is estimated to be   
approximately EUR 2.5 million per day.                                          

“The impact of the strike will be wide and indefinite. The strike will severely 
tarnish the reputation of the Finnish forest products industry and its whole    
value chain,” says Juha Vanhainen, Stora Enso Country Manager Finland.          


For further information, please contact:                                        
Juha Vanhainen, Country Manager Finland, tel. +358 2046 21343                   
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242          
Lauri Peltola, Head of Communications, tel. +358 2046 21380                     
Päivi Kauhanen, Director, Communications Finland, tel. +358 2046 21292          

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Stora Enso is the world leader in forest industry sustainability. We offer our  
customers solutions based on renewable raw materials. Our products provide a    
climate-friendly alternative to many non-renewable materials, and have a smaller
carbon footprint. Stora Enso is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and
the FTSE4Good Index. Stora Enso employs some 27 000 people worldwide, and our   
sales in 2009 amounted to EUR 8.9 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.                                                        



STORA ENSO OYJ                                                                  




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