Shares and shareholders
Basic information on Metsä Board’s shares
Metsä Board’s shares Metsä Board’s shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki. The share capital of the company on 31 December 2022 was EUR 557,881,540.40. Metsä Board has two series of shares. At the end of 2022, there were 32,802,175 A shares and 322,710,571 B shares. Each series A share entitles its holder to twenty (20) votes at a Gen- eral Meeting of Shareholders, and each series B share entitles the holder to one (1) vote. Metsä Board’s A shares can be converted to B shares if a shareholder or a representative of the nominee registered shares makes a written request for a conversion to the company. During the review period, there were no share conversions. On 27 October 2022, the Board of Directors of Metsä Board decided to launch a share buyback of company’s own shares. The acquisition of the company’s own shares started on 28 October 2022 and ended on 11 November 2022. During this period, Metsä Board acquired 1,000,000 B shares for an average price of EUR 7.8225 per share. The own shares were acquired for payment of the Board fees or to implement the company’s share-based incentive systems. On 30 December 2022, Metsäliitto Cooper- ative announced that its ownership in Metsä Board had exceeded the 50% threshold, and that its holding in Metsä Board was 50.16% of shares and 68.24% of votes. As Metsä Board is an entity controlled by Metsäliitto Cooperative, Metsäliitto Cooperative’s ownership also includes the 1,000,000 own shares held by Metsä Board.
Metsä Board’s A share
Metsä Board’s B share
Listing
Nasdaq Helsinki 2 January 1987
Nasdaq Helsinki 2 January 1987
Date of listing
Market cap segment
Large Cap
Large Cap
Ticker symbol
METSA
METSB
ISIN code
FI0009000640
FI0009000665
Reuters code
METSA.HE METSA FH 32,802,175
METSB.HE METSB FH 322,710,571
Bloomberg code
Number of shares 31 Dec 2022
Trading on the Nasdaq Helsinki in 2022 (2021)
Metsä Board’s A share
Metsä Board’s B share
Closing price on 31 December, EUR
10.15 (9.38) 7.66 (8.50) 10.50 (11.00) 9.48 (9.48) 3,357 (7,153 )
8.77 (8.61) 7.09 (7.50) 10.49 (11.01) 8.73 (9.14)
Lowest price, EUR Highest price, EUR Average price, EUR
Average daily trading volume, no. of shares
347,165 (389,117)
Total trading volume, no. of shares Market capitalisation, EUR million
849,346 (1,802,589)
87,832,699 (98,057,575)
333 (308)
2,829 (2,779)
Share price development 2022
Metsä Board A Metsä Board B Trading volume
EUR
Million shares
12.0
1.8
11.0
1.5
10.0
1.2
9.0
0.9
8.0
0.6
7.0
0.3
6.0
0.0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Source: Euroland https://www.metsagroup.com/metsaboard/investors/share-tools/share-monitor/
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