Metsä Board Corporation Managers’ transactions 6 April 2017 at 11.30 am EET
The Annual General Meeting of Metsä Board Corporation held on 23 March 2017 decided that approximately one half of the Board’s annual remuneration be paid in the Company’s B-series shares. Pursuant to such decision, shares have been acquired as follows to the member of the Board Juha Niemelä:
| Manager within the issuer: | Juha Niemelä | |
| Manager’s position within the issuer: | Member of the Board | |
| The issuer: | Metsä Board Corporation | |
| Issuer’s LEI-code: | 743700KKB8Q035K38488 | |
| Notification type: | Initial notification | |
| Reference number: | 743700KKB8Q035K38488_20170405103307_7 | |
| Transaction date: | 4 April 2017 | |
| Nature of the transaction: | RECEIPT OF A SHARE-BASED INCENTIVE | |
| Instrument type: | SHARE | |
| Instrument’s name: | Metsä Board B share | |
| Instrument’s ISIN-code: | FI0009000665 | |
| Transaction details: | Volume: 5,239 | Unit price: EUR 0.00 |
| Number of transactions: | 1 | |
| Aggregated transactions: | Volume: 5,239 | Volume weighted average price: EUR 0.00 |
METSÄ BOARD CORPORATION
Further information: Katri Sundström, Head of Investor Relations, Metsä Board, tel. +358 400 976 333 Juhani Pitkänen, Secretary to the Board, Metsä Board, tel. +358 10 465 5240
Metsä Board is a leading European producer of folding boxboards and white linerboards made from fresh fibres. Its lightweight paperboards are developed as the perfect fit for consumer goods, retail-ready and food service packaging. The pure fresh fibres Metsä Board uses are a renewable resource, traceable to origin in northern forests.
The global sales network of Metsä Board supports customers worldwide, including brand owners, converters and merchants. In 2016, the company’s sales totalled EUR 1.7 billion, and it has approximately 2,500 employees. Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki.
