Mr. Jyrki Salo, Executive Vice President and CFO from UPM-Kymmene has been elected in Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab´s Annual General Meeting to become new member of the Board instead of Mr. Heikki Malinen. Other Board members are Kari Jordan (Chairman), Jussi Pesonen (Vice Chairman), Hannu Anttila, Martti Asunta, Pauli Hänninen and Martin Lillandt.