HELSINKI (News release) -- Henrik Ehrnrooth was elected as Chair, and Kim Wahl as Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of UPM-Kymmene Corporation at the Board of Directors' constitutive meeting that took place today following the Annual General Meeting.

In addition, the Board of Directors elected the chairs and other members to the Board committees from among its members:

• Kim Wahl was re-elected to chair the Audit Committee, and Pia Aaltonen-Forsell and Marjan Oudeman were elected as other committee members.
• Martin à Porta was re-elected to chair the Remuneration Committee, and Emma FitzGerald and Topi Manner were elected as other committee members.
• Henrik Ehrnrooth was elected to chair the Nomination and Governance Committee, and Jari Gustafsson and Piia-Noora Kauppi were elected as other committee members.

As assessed by the Board, all committee members are independent of both the Company and its significant shareholders, so the committees fulfil their respective independence criteria as set out in the Finnish Corporate Governance Code.

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