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The shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB, a Swedish forest holding company, have finalised the previously announced restructuring of its ownership. Stora Enso’s forest holdings in Sweden will increase to 1.4 million hectares, of which 1.15 million hectares is productive forest land. Prior to the transaction, Stora Enso’s indirect share of Bergvik Skog’s productive forest land was 936 thousand hectares. “I am very pleased that we have successfully finalised the restructuring of Bergvik Skog with the other shareholders. This transaction is a natural next step for us, as we strongly believe in the bioeconomy and want to secure our competitive raw material supply for the long term. The direct ownership gives us better opportunities to further develop sustainable forest management, thus strengthening our competitiveness,” says Stora Enso’s CEO Karl-Henrik Sundström. As part of the transaction, Stora Enso acquires Bergvik Skog Plantor AB nursery and three wind turbine projects. This will further strengthen the Group’s comprehensive offering to forest owners in Sweden and is in line with its commitment to sustainable forestry. Click Read More below for additional information.

As previously communicated, BillerudKorsnäs has entered into an agreement with all shareholders of Bergvik Skog AB concerning a split of Bergvik Skog AB’s forest assets. The agreement implies that BillerudKorsnäs acquires Bergvik Skog Öst AB, which comprises approximately 350,000 hectares of forest land in Sweden, and in connection to that divests 5 per cent of the shares in Bergvik Skog Väst AB to Stora Enso. All conditions for the transactions have now been fulfilled and the transactions have been completed today the 31 May. The purchase price for Bergvik Skog Öst AB amounts to approximately SEK 6.4 billion on a debt free basis and after reduction of deferred tax, corresponding to approximately SEK 18,000 per hectar of forestland. The net cash effect after the acquisition of Bergvik Skog Öst AB and the transfer of 5 per cent of the shares in Bergvik Skog Väst AB, amounts to SEK 5.4 billion, which is entirely financed by bank loans. Click Read More below for additional information.