METSÄLIITTO GROUP STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 12.1.2007 ARIMO UUSITALO TO CONTINUE AS THE CHAIRMAN OF METSÄLIITTO GROUP'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNTIL THE END OF 2007 In its inaugural meeting, Metsäliitto Group's new Board of Directors has elected Arimo Uusitalo, M.Sc.Agr., (64), to continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors until the end of 2007. The president and CEO of Metsäliitto Group, Kari Jordan, M.Sc.Econ., (50), continues as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors. Further information: Lauri Peltola, Group CCO, Metsäliitto Group, tel. +358 50 570 5606
Arimo Uusitalo to continue as the Chairman of Metsäliitto Group's Board of
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