Ahlstrom Corporation, a global leader in nonwovens and specialty papers, has acquired a total of 75,000 shares at an average price of 14.62 Euros through public trading on the Helsinki stock exchange.The shares were acquired under the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting 2010 for the implementation of the company's share-based incentive plan. Ahlstrom's Board of Directors today approved a share-based long-term incentive plan for the Executive Management Team and other key employees, consisting in total of maximum 50 persons.Ahlstrom's Board of Directors has an authorization to acquire 4,500,000 of the company's own shares, which is valid until the 2011 Annual General Meeting. Ahlstrom currently holds 150,000 own shares.