Metsäliitto Osuuskunta
Metsä Group sells shares in Finsilva Oyj to Dasos forest fund

DGAP-News: Metsäliitto Osuuskunta

2015-04-29 / 08:00

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Metsä Group Press Release 29 April 2015


On 28 April 2015, Finsilva Oyj's largest shareholders - Metsä Group's parent
company Metsäliitto Cooperative and the forest fund Taaleritehtaan metsärahasto
II Ky - signed an agreement whereby Metsäliitto Cooperative will sell 30.13 per
cent and Taaleritehtaan metsärahasto II Ky 19.77 per cent of the shares in
Finsilva Oyj to a fund administered by Dasos Capital Oy. 

The share transaction will be completed during the second quarter of 2015. The
transaction will have a positive effect on the second-quarter results of both
Metsä Group and its parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative. After the
transaction, both sellers will each own 19.8 per cent of Finsilva Oyj. The
Dasos forest fund will own 50.1 per cent of the shares. The long-term
agreements between Metsäliitto and Finsilva concerning wood supply and forestry
services remain in force. 


METSÄ GROUP
Group Communications

Additional information:
Juha Mäntylä, Executive Vice President, Metsä Forest, tel. +358 10 4654 244


www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products' main raw
material is renewable and sustainably grown northern wood. 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 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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