Munksjö Oyj: Nomination Board appointed

Helsinki, Finland, 2014-06-27 15:40 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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Munksjö's Nomination Board has been appointed. The Nomination Board comprises
representatives of the three largest shareholders of the company and, in
addition, two expert members: the Chairman of the Board of Directors and a
person nominated by the Board of Directors.

The following three persons have been appointed as representatives in the
Nomination Board:
- Christian Sinding (EQT),
- Thomas Ahlström (Ahlström Capital Oy and others) and
- Alexander Ehrnrooth (Vimpu Intressenter Ab and Belgrano Investments Oy).

The Chairman of the Board of Directors Peter Seligson will, according to the
charter of the Nomination Board, act as an expert member of the Nomination
Board in addition to which the Board of Directors has elected Caspar
Callerström as the second expert member of the Nomination Board. The Nomination
Board has among its members elected Thomas Ahlström as Chairman.

The right to nominate the shareholder representatives lies with those three
shareholders whose share of all the voting rights in the company is on 31 May
preceding the next Annual General Meeting the largest on the basis of the
shareholders' register of Munksjö held by Euroclear Finland.

Ahlstrom Corporation renounced its right to appoint a representative to the
Nomination Board due to which the nomination right transferred to the next
largest shareholder who would otherwise not have a nomination right. Ahlstrom
Corporation has reserved the right to re-evaluate the situation, should any
such changes in the composition of the Nomination Board during its term occur,
that according to the charter of the Nomination Board would grant the company a
new right to appoint a representative to the Nomination Board. The Nomination
Board has been appointed by Munksjö Luxembourg Holding S.à r.l. (EQT) and two
groups of shareholders, as described below.

Holdings by a group of shareholders, who have agreed to nominate a joint
representative to the Nomination Board, are summed up when calculating the
share of all the voting rights, provided that the shareholders in question
present a joint written request to that effect together with a copy of such an
agreement to the Chairman of the Board no later than on 30 May preceding the
Annual General Meeting. Munksjö has been informed that two such agreements have
been made. The first agreement has been made by Antti Ahlström Perilliset Oy,
Ahlström Capital Oy, AC Invest Five B.V, Robin Ahlström, Niklas Lund, Johan
Gullichsen, Kasper Kylmälä, Michael Sumelius and Carl Ahlström. The second
agreement has been made by Vimpu Intressenter Ab and Belgrano Investments Oy.

The Nomination Board prepares proposals to the Annual General Meeting for the
election and remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the
remuneration of the members of the Board committees and the Nomination Board.

Munksjö Oyj

For further information, please contact:
Åsa Fredriksson, SVP HR and Communications, tel. +46 10 250 1003
Laura Lindholm, Investor Relations Manager, tel. +46 10 250 1026

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service organisation with approximately 3,000 employees. Production facilities
are located in France, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil and China. Munksjö
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