Metsäliitto Osuuskunta
Kari Jordan to continue as President and CEO of Metsä Group beyond the age of retirement

DGAP-News: Metsäliitto Osuuskunta

2015-05-07 / 13:45

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Metsä Group Stock Exchange Release 7 May 2015 at 2.45 am EET

The Board of Directors of Metsäliitto Cooperative, the parent company of Metsä
Group, and Kari Jordan, President and CEO of Metsä Group, have agreed on 7 May
2015 that Jordan will continue in his position beyond 9 March 2016, when he
reaches the age of retirement (60 years) determined in his contract. 


METSÄLIITTO COOPERATIVE

For further information, please contact:
Martti Asunta, Chairman of the Board of Directors, tel.+358 40 829 9393



www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products' main raw
material is renewable wood from sustainably managed northern forests. Metsä
Group focuses on tissue and cooking papers, fresh forest fibre paperboards,
pulp, wood products, and wood supply and forest services. Its high-quality
products combine renewable raw materials, customer-orientation, sustainable
development and innovation. Metsä Group's sales totalled EUR 5 billion in 2014,
and it employs approximately 10,500 people. The Group operates in some 30
countries. Metsäliitto Cooperative is the parent company of Metsä Group, and it
is owned by approximately 122,000 Finnish forest owners.
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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Language:    English                 
Company:     Metsäliitto Osuuskunta  
 
 
             Finland                 
ISIN:        FI0002001611            
 
 
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