2015-03-18 08:00:02 CET

2015-03-18 08:00:06 CET


REGULATED INFORMATION

Stora Enso Oyj - Company Announcement

Stora Enso’s historical figures according to the new division structure


Helsinki, Finland, 2015-03-18 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STORA ENSO OYJ
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 18 March 2015 at 9.00 EET 

From the first quarter of 2015 onwards, Stora Enso will publish financial
figures for its five divisions and its segment Other. 

As announced on 18 December 2014, Stora Enso has reorganised its divisional and
reporting structure. In Stora Enso, the IFRS reporting segments are formed by
divisions except for the segment Other.The new structure is valid from 1
January 2015 onwards. Stora Enso will report financial figures for the
divisions Consumer Board, Packaging Solutions, Biomaterials, Wood Products and
Paper and the segment Other. 

The former Renewable Packaging division has been split into two separate
divisions: Consumer Board and Packaging Solutions. The Consumer Board division
operates five board mills in Finland, Sweden and Spain. The operations of the
Guangxi board mill project in China and the Bulleh Shah Packaging joint venture
in Pakistan also belong to Consumer Board. Packaging Solutions operates
container board mills in Finland and Poland and converting plants in ten
countries in Europe and Asia, including Inpac Packaging in China and India. 

The new structure in the packaging business is a further step towards
strengthening Stora Enso's focus on customers, business performance and growth.
It also increases transparency in financial reporting. 


Name until 31 Dec 2014  Name from 1 Jan 2015        
----------------------------------------------------
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Renewable Packaging     -                           
-                       Consumer Board Division     
-                       Packaging Solutions Division
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Biomaterials            Biomaterials Division       
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Building and Living     Wood Products Division      
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Printing and Reading    Paper Division              
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Other                   Other                       
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The segment Other includes the Nordic forest equity-accounted investments,
Stora Enso's shareholding in Pohjolan Voima, operations supplying wood to the
Nordic mills and Group shared services and administration. 

The historical figures according to the new reporting structure are presented
in the tables below. 

SALES



EUR         2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14    2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
 million                                                                        
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Consumer   2 297    554    583    596    564   2 241    523    564    581    573
 Board                                                                          
Packagin   1 065    263    276    259    267   1 061    268    274    264    255
g                                                                               
 Solutio                                                                        
ns                                                                              
Biomater   1 104    314    284    243    263   1 033    266    239    266    262
ials                                                                            
Wood       1 779    415    429    490    445   1 867    466    460    500    441
 Product                                                                        
s                                                                               
Paper      3 912    984    959    970    999   4 319  1 054  1 041  1 101  1 123
Other      2 567    645    579    654    689   2 690    672    612    685    721
Inter-se  -2 511   -623   -596   -633   -659  -2 648   -637   -637   -671   -703
gment                                                                           
 sales                              
Sales     10 213  2 552  2 514  2 579  2 568  10 563  2 612  2 553  2 726  2 672
 Total                                                                          
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OPERATIONAL EBITDA*



EUR          2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14   2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
 million                                                                        
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Consumer      439     81    129    126    103    361     74    105     92     90
 Board                                                                          
Packaging     183     46     51     40     46    161     48     47     37     29
 Solutions                                                                      
Biomateria    173     60     47     28     38    153     42     37     32     42
ls                                                                              
Wood          126     19     30     47     30    115     30     33     39     13
 Products                                                                       
Paper         361    109     84     83     85    290     86     81     51     72
Other         -13     -7     -8      2      0     10    -20     16      6      8
Operationa  1 269    308    333    326    302  1 090    260    319    257    254
l EBITDA                                                                        
 Total                                                                          
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*Operational EBITDA comprises the operating profit excluding fixed asset
depreciation and impairment, share of results of equity accounted investments,
NRI and fair valuations. 



OPERATIONAL EBIT*



EUR million   2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14  2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
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Consumer       292     44     95     91     62   217     40     67     56     54
 Board                                                                          
Packaging      118     30     35     23     30   101     33     33     21     14
 Solutions                                                                      
Biomaterials    89     34     24     10     21    77     24     17     14     22
Wood            89     10     22     37     20    75     19     24     28      4
 Products                                                                       
Paper          172     68     33     36     35    34     36     13    -17      2
Other           50     23      1     12     14    74      -     30     22     22
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Operational    810    209    210    209    182   578    152    184    124    118
 EBIT Total                                                                     
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* Operational EBIT comprises the operating profit excluding NRI and fair
valuations of the segments and Stora Enso's share of the operating profit
excluding NRI and fair valuations of its equity-accounted investments (EAI).
Fair valuations and non-operational items include equity incentive schemes,
synthetic options net of realised and open hedges, CO2 emission rights and
valuations of biological assets and the Group's share of tax and net financial
items of EAI. 


NRI*



EUR million   2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14  2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
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Consumer         -      -      -      -      -   124    144    -28      8      -
 Board                                                                          
Packaging        8      8      -      -      -    -4      -      -     -4      -
 Solutions                                                                      
Biomaterials     -      -      -      -      -     2     -8     -1     11      -
Wood           -11      2      -      -    -13    -7      -      -      -     -7
 Products                                                                       
Paper         -329   -235     28   -115     -7  -644   -538      8    -30    -84
Other           53      -      -      9     44   -10     10     -2    -18      -
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NRI on        -279   -225     28   -106     24  -539   -392    -23    -33    -91
 Operating                                                                      
 Profit/Loss                                                                    
 Total                                                                          
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* NRI = Non-recurring items. These are exceptional transactions that are not
related to normal business operations. The most common non-recurring items are
capital gains, additional write-downs or reversals of write-downs, provisions
for planned restructuring and penalties. Non-recurring items are normally
disclosed individually if they exceed one cent per share. 



FAIR VALUATIONS AND NON-OPERATIONAL ITEMS*



EUR million   2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14  2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
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Consumer       -60    -58     -4      -      2    -1      -     -1      -      -
 Board                                                                          
Packaging       -1      -      -      -     -1     -      -      -      -      -
 Solutions                                                                      
Biomaterials    -4      3     -2     -2     -3     5     13     -4     -2     -2
Wood            -1      -      -      -     -1     -      -      -      -      -
 Products                                                                       
Paper           -1      -      -      1     -2     2      3     -1      -      -
Other          -64    -24    -17    -17     -6     5     14      1     -6     -4
FV and        -131    -79    -23    -18    -11    11     30     -5     -8     -6
 Non-operati                                                                    
onal Items                                                                      
 on                                                                             
 Operating                                                                      
 Profit                                                                         
 Total                                                                          
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* Fair valuations (FV) and non-operational items include equity incentive
schemes, synthetic options net of realised and open hedges, CO2 emission
rights, valuations of biological assets and the Group's share of tax and net
financial items of EAI. 


OPERATING PROFIT/LOSS



EUR million   2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14  2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
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Consumer       232    -14     91     91     64   340    184     38     64     54
 Board                                                                          
Packaging      125     38     35     23     29    97     33     33     17     14
 Solutions                                                                      
Biomaterials    85     37     22      8     18    84     29     12     23     20
Wood            77     12     22     37      6    68     19     24     28     -3
 Products                                                                       
Paper         -158   -167     61    -78     26  -608   -499     20    -47    -82
Other           39     -1    -16      4     52    69     24     29     -2     18
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Operating      400    -95    215     85    195    50   -210    156     83     21
 Profit/Loss                                                                    
 (IFRS)                                                                         
 Total                                                                          
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CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS



EUR          2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14   2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
 million                                                                        
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Consumer      386    127    101    100     58    364     96    141     96     31
 Board                                                                          
Packaging     182     43     58     39     42    151     50     53     26     22
 Solutions                                                                      
Biomateria    136     17     27     61     31    114     42     48     24      -
ls                                                                              
Wood           86     33     52      6     -5    125     43     42     49     -9
 Products                                                                       
Paper         354    213     72     59     10    382    179     56    115     32
Other          -5      9    -53     23     16    116     52      7      7     50
Cash Flow   1 139    442    257    288    152  1 252    462    347    317    126
 from                                                                           
 Operation                                                                      
s Total                                                                         
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CASH FLOW AFTER INVESTING ACTIVITIES



EUR million   2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14  2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Consumer        60     16    -21     44     21   206     51    111     41      3
 Board                                                                          
Packaging      128     21     45     29     33    69     36     42      7    -16
 Solutions                                                                      
Biomaterials  -108    -40    -30     -7    -31  -231    -36    -33    -73    -89
Wood            58     15     48      3     -8    97     30     37     41    -11
 Products                                                                       
Paper          243    172     43     36     -8   248    123      5     99     21
Other         -126     -6    -57    -76     13    92     42      2      2     46
Cash Flow      255    178     28     29     20   481    246    164    117    -46
 after                                                                          
 Investing                                                                      
 Activities                                                                     
 Total                                                                          
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OPERATIONAL ROOC* FOR DIVISIONS AND OPERATIONAL ROCE** FOR GROUP



             2014  Q4/14  Q3/14  Q2/14  Q1/14   2013  Q4/13  Q3/13  Q2/13  Q1/13
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Consumer    17.8%  10.0%  22.4%  22.7%  15.7%  14.4%  10.7%  18.3%  14.8%  14.6%
 Board                                                                          
Packaging   14.1%  14.5%  16.0%  10.4%  13.5%  11.3%  14.7%  14.7%   9.2%   6.1%
 Solutions                                                                      
Biomateria   3.9%   5.6%   4.2%   1.8%   4.0%   3.8%   4.6%   3.3%   2.6%   4.2%
ls                                                                              
Wood        17.3%   7.6%  16.0%  27.1%  15.3%  13.9%  14.4%  17.7%  20.0%   2.8%
 Products                                                                       
Paper        9.4%  15.1%   6.7%   7.1%   6.8%   1.4%   6.1%   1.9%  -2.4%   0.3%
Group        9.5%   9.7%   9.7%   9.8%   8.6%   6.5%   7.0%   8.3%   5.4%   5.1%
 Total,                                                                         
 ROCE                                                                           
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* Operational ROOC = 100% x Operational EBIT/Average operating capital
** Operational ROCE = 100% x Operational EBIT/Average capital employed


OPERATING CAPITAL



EUR million              31 Dec 2014  31 Dec 2013
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Consumer Board                 1 727        1 560
Packaging Solutions              783          892
Biomaterials                   2 456        2 083
Wood Products                    513          516
Paper                          1 614        2 060
Other                          1 465        1 439
Operating Capital Total        8 558        8 550
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For further information, please contact:
Seppo Parvi, CFO, tel. +358 2046 21205
Ulla Paajanen-Sainio, SVP, Investor Relations, tel. +358 2046 21242
Ulrika Lilja, EVP, Global Communication, tel. +46 1046 71668

www.storaenso.com
www.storaenso.com/investors


Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging,
biomaterials, wood and paper on global markets. Our aim is to replace
non-renewable materials by innovating and developing new products and services
based on wood and other renewable materials. We employ some 27 000 people in
more than 35 countries, and our sales in 2014 were EUR 10.2 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) on the
International OTCQX over-the-counter market. 

STORA ENSO OYJ