STORA ENSO OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 12 February 2026 at 16:35 EET
Stora Enso Oyj received a notification pursuant to chapter 9, section 5 of the
Securities Market Act from BlackRock, Inc on 12 February 2026.
On 11 February 2026, BlackRock's holding, including holding through financial
instruments, in Stora Enso's shares increased above the 5 percent threshold.
+----------------+--------------+-----------------------------+---------------+
| |% of shares |% of shares and voting rights|Total of both |
| |and voting |through financial instruments|in % (7.A + |
| |rights |(total of 7.B) |7.B) |
| |(total of 7.A)| | |
+----------------+--------------+-----------------------------+---------------+
|Resulting |4.87% shares |0.50% shares |5.37% shares |
|situation on the| | | |
|date on |Below 5% |Below 5% voting rights |Below 5% voting|
|which threshold |voting rights | |rights |
|was crossed or | | | |
|reached | | | |
+----------------+--------------+-----------------------------+---------------+
|Position of |Below 5% |Below 5% shares |Below 5% shares|
|previous |shares | | |
|notification | |Below 5% voting rights |Below 5% voting|
|(if applicable) |Below 5% | |rights |
| |voting rights | | |
+----------------+--------------+-----------------------------+---------------+
+------------+--------+----------+-----------------+----------------------+
|A: Shares |
|and voting |
|rights |
+------------+--------+----------+-----------------+----------------------+
|Class/type |Number of |% of shares and voting rights |
|of |shares and | |
|shares |voting | |
| |rights | |
|ISIN code | | |
|(if | | |
|possible) | | |
+------------+--------+----------+-----------------+----------------------+
|Direct |Indirect|Direct |Indirect |
| | | | |
|(SMA 9:5) |(SMA 9:6|(SMA 9:5) |(SMA 9:6 and 9:7)|
| |and 9:7)| | |
+------------+--------+----------+-----------------+----------------------+
|FI0009005961| |38,417,010| |4.87% shares |
| | |shares | | |
| | | | |Below 5% voting rights|
| | |Below 5% | | |
| | |voting | | |
| | |rights | | |
+------------+--------+----------+-----------------+----------------------+
|SUBTOTAL A |38,417,010 |4.87% shares |
| |shares | |
| | |Below 5% voting rights |
| |Below 5% | |
| |voting | |
| |rights | |
+------------+--------+----------+-----------------+----------------------+
B: Financial
Instruments
according
to SMA 9:6a
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Physical Number of % of shares
financial date Conversion or shares and voting
instrument Period cash and rights
settlement voting
rights
American N/A N/A Physical 475,290 0.06% shares
Depositary shares
Receipt Below 5%
(US86210M1062) Below 5% voting rights
voting
rights
Securities N/A N/A Physical 3,242,280 0.41% shares
lent shares
Below 5%
Below 5% voting rights
voting
rights
CFD N/A N/A Cash 230,900 0.02% shares
shares
Below 5%
Below 5% voting rights
voting
rights
SUBTOTAL B 3,948,470 0.50% shares
shares
Below 5%
Below 5% voting rights
voting
rights
Stora Enso has two series of shares. Each A share and every ten R shares carry
one vote. Stora Enso has 175,542,328 A shares and 613,077,659 R shares in issue.
The Company does not hold its own shares. The total number of Stora Enso shares
is 788,619,987 and the total number votes at least 236,850,093.
Investor enquiries:
Jutta Mikkola
SVP Investor Relations
tel. +358 50544 6061
Stora Enso is a global leader in renewable materials with a strong focus on
packaging. Our purpose is to replace non-renewable materials with renewable
solutions. Together with our customers, we design and deliver competitive, high
-quality packaging materials and solutions, made from fresh and recycled fibers,
accelerating the transition to a circular bioeconomy. Stora Enso has
approximately 19,000 employees and our sales in 2025 were EUR 9.3 billion. Stora
Enso's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq
Stockholm AB (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded on OTC Markets
(OTCQX) in the USA as ADRs and ordinary shares (SEOAY, SEOFF, SEOJF).
storaenso.com (https://www.storaenso.com/en/investors)
STORA ENSO OYJ
Investor enquiries:
Jutta Mikkola
SVP Investor Relations
tel. +358 50 544 6061