Stora Enso Board Nominees

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In its proposal to the Annual General Meeting on 31 March 2010 concerning the
Board of Directors, Stora Enso's Nomination Committee proposes that the Board of
Directors shall have eight (8) members. The Nomination Committee proposes also
that of the current members of the Board of Directors, Gunnar Brock, Birgitta
Kantola, Juha Rantanen, Hans Stråberg, Matti Vuoria and Marcus Wallenberg be
re-elected members of the Board of Directors until the end of the following AGM
and that Carla Grasso and Mikael Mäkinen be elected new members of the Board of
Directors for the same term of office. Claes Dahlbäck, Dominique Hériard
Dubreuil and Ilkka Niemi were not seeking re-election.

Carla Grasso is currently the Executive Director of HR and Corporate Services of
the mining company Vale S.A. She holds a Master's degree in Economic Policy from
the University of Brasilia in Brazil.

Mikael Mäkinen is currently President and CEO of Cargotec Oyj. He holds a
Master's degree in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in
Finland.

The Board of Directors informs that if the above mentioned persons are elected
members of the Board of Directors, Gunnar Brock will be nominated as Chairman
and Juha Rantanen as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors as also recommended
by the Nomination Committee.

“Stora Enso is becoming a stronger company after decisive proactive efforts in
the last few years to tackle raw material pricing and availability challenges,
dramatic drop in paper demand, structural problems and a global recession. We
owe great thanks to the outgoing members of the Board of Directors, especially
Claes Dahlbäck, Chairman of the Board for twelve years, for their dedicated work
for the company. We believe the proposed new members of the Board will add
relevant experience and talent that will help further strengthen the company
going forward,” says Keijo Suila, Chairman of the Nomination Committee.