Conceil Général l’Eure is intending to sell the Alizay property and assets further to one or several other operators. Metsä Board permanently closed down the pulp production at the Alizay

site in 2010 and the paper production in early 2012 as part of the

company’s strategic transformation from a paper producer to a

profitable paperboard company.The divestment of the Alizay assets does not impact Metsä Board’s annual sales and it does not have any material impact on operative result. Related to the divestment Metsä Board books approximately EUR 16 million in positive non-recurring items in the Paper and Pulp business area’s operating result.