PR Newswire
HELSINKI, May 31, 2019
STORA ENSO OYJ INVESTOR NEWS 31 May 2019 at 12.15 EEST
HELSINKI, May 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB, a Swedish forest holding company, have finalised the previously announced restructuring of its ownership. Stora Enso's forest holdings in Sweden will increase to 1.4 million hectares, of which 1.15 million hectares is productive forest land. Prior to the transaction, Stora Enso's indirect share of Bergvik Skog's productive forest land was 936 thousand hectares.
"I am very pleased that we have successfully finalised the restructuring of Bergvik Skog with the other shareholders. This transaction is a natural next step for us, as we strongly believe in the bioeconomy and want to secure our competitive raw material supply for the long term. The direct ownership gives us better opportunities to further develop sustainable forest management, thus strengthening our competitiveness," says Stora Enso's CEO
Karl-Henrik Sundström
As part of the transaction, Stora Enso acquires Bergvik Skog Plantor AB nursery and three wind turbine projects. This will further strengthen the Group's comprehensive offering to forest owners in Sweden and is in line with its commitment to sustainable forestry.
The financial impact of the restructuring for Stora Enso will be as follows:
Links to the previous releases about the Bergvik Skog transaction:
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Part of the bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. Stora Enso has some 26 000 employees in over 30 countries. Our sales in 2018 were EUR 10.5 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq Stockholm (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs (SEOAY). storaenso.com
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