(UPM, Helsinki, 17 July 2018 at 10:00 EET) - UPM will publish its half year 2018 financial report on 24 July 2018 at 09:30-10:00 EET. The report will be available on the company's website at www.upm.com after publishing.

UPM's President and CEO Jussi Pesonen will present the financial results in a webcast and a conference call for analysts and investors, held in English language, on 24 July 2018 at 13:15 EET.

Later in the afternoon, Jussi Pesonen will present the results in a press conference held in Finnish language at the UPM Group Head Office (The Biofore House) in Helsinki, Alvar Aallon katu 1, at 14:30 EET.

Webcast and conference call details:

The conference call can be participated in either by dialling a number in the list below or following the webcast online at www.upm.com or through this link.

Only participants who wish to ask questions in the conference call need to dial in. All participants can view the webcast presentation online. We recommend that participants start dialling in 5-10 minutes prior to the event in order to ensure a timely start of the webcast.

The presentation is available at www.upm.com for 12 months after the call.

Conference call title: UPM's Half Year Financial Report 2018

Direct telephone numbers:

BE: +3224040635 DK: +45 823 331 78 FI: +358981710495 UK: +442031940552 SE: +46856642702 US: +18557161597 NO: +4723500211 FR: +33170750725

International telephone numbers with a pin code 52279387#

AU: +61 29253 5844 AT: +43 19282 258 CH: +41 44580 0083 CN: +86 400 681 5421 DE: +49 030 221 510 067 ES: +34 911 143 608 HK: +852 3068 9834 IN: 0018038524634 (Toll Free) IR: +353 1696 8154 IT: +39 2 3604 6798 JP: +81 3 4455 9554 NL: +31 20 716 8427 SP: +65 6307 7610

For more information, please contact:

UPM, Investor Relations Mon-Fri from 9:00 to 16:00 EET tel. +358 20 415 0033 ir@upm.com

UPM, Media Relations Mon-Fri from 9:00 to 16:00 EET tel. +358 40 588 3284 media@upm.com

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