Munksjö Oyj - Demerger of Ahlstrom's Label and Processing business in Brazil approved by Ahlstrom's EGM
Helsinki, Finland, 2013-07-04 13:15 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
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The Extraordinary General Meeting convened by Ahlstrom Corporation has today
resolved to approve the demerger of Ahlstrom Corporation's Label and Processing
business in Brazil (Coated Specialties) in accordance with the demerger plan.
The demerger is part of the process through which Munksjö AB and Ahlstrom's
Label and Processing business will be combined.
According to the demerger plan, all assets and liabilities that belong to
Coated Specialties will be transferred to Munksjö Oyj through a partial
demerger. Munksjö Oyj's and Ahlstrom Corporation's Board of Directors signed a
new demerger plan related to Coated Specialties on 13 May, 2013 and cancelled
the previous demerger plan. The previous demerger plan was cancelled as not all
the relevant regulatory approvals were received before the expiration of the
decision made by Ahlstrom's Extraordinary General Meeting on 27 November, 2012.
Upon execution of the demerger of the Coated Specialties Business, the
shareholders of Ahlstrom Corporation will receive as demerger consideration
0.265 new shares in Munksjö Oyj for each share owned in Ahlstrom Corporation.
In case the number of shares received by a shareholder of the company as a
demerger consideration would be a fractional number, the fractions will be
rounded down to the nearest whole number.
"The new approval of the demerger by Ahlstrom's EGM allows us to proceed and
finalise the combination. We can now focus on a successful execution of the
Coated Specialties demerger in order to create one of the world's largest
specialty paper companies", says Munksjö's President and CEO Jan Åström.
The execution of the demerger is expected to take place by the end of 2013.
Munksjö Oyj
For more information:
Jan Åström, President and CEO, tel. +46 10 250 1001
Åsa Fredriksson, SVP HR and Communications, tel. +46 10 250 1003
Laura Lindholm, Investor Relations Manager, tel. +46 10 250 1026
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