Metsä Board Annual Review 2024

Report of the Board of the Directors and financial statements

METSÄ BOARD Annual review 2024

Key figures

Business operations and value creation 2 This is Metsä Board 4 CEO’s review 6

SALES EUR million

PAPERBOARD DELIVERIES 1,000 tonnes

METSÄ BOARD’S MARKET PULP DELIVERIES 1) 1,000 tonnes

Contents

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2,000

600 500 400 300 200 100 0

Strategy and financial targets

1,500

Report of the Board of Directors 

Parent company financial statements  150 Parent company income statement 150 Parent company balance sheet 151 Parent company cash flow statement 152

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Value creation

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1,000

Sustainability statement

20 96

500

1) includes chemical pulp and high-yield pulp (BCTMP)

Financial development 10 Key figures 12

Annexes to the Sustainability statement

0

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Consolidated financial statements 

Report of the Board of Directors

98

Notes to the parent company financial statements 

153 153 154 154 154 154 155 155 156 156 158 159 160 161 161 161 162 163 164 164 166 167 171 173 177 178 179 181 182

20 20 37 70 89 96

• Sustainability statement

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Accounting policies

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 

98 99

COMPARABLE EBITDA EUR million, % of sales

COMPARABLE OPERATING RESULT EUR million, % of sales

CAPITAL EMPLOYED, EUR million RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED, %

General information

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Sales

Consolidated balance sheet

Exceptional items

Statement of changes in shareholders’ equity

100 101

E – Environment

Other operating income Operating expenses

Consolidated cash flow statement

S – Social responsibility

600 500 400 300 200 100 0

30 25 20 15 10 5 0

600 500 400 300 200 100 0

30 25 20 15 10 5 0

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25 20 15 10 5 0

G – Governance

Depreciation and impairment charges

Notes to the consolidated financial statements 

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Financial income and expenses

Annexes to the Sustainability statement

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Accounting policies

Income taxes

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Profitability

Intangible and tangible assets

2.1 Segment information

98 Consolidated financial statements 102 Notes to the consolidated financial statements 150 Parent company financial statements 153 Notes to the parent company financial statements 166 The Board’s proposal to the Annual General Meeting for the distribution of funds 167 Auditor’s Report 171 Sustainability statement assurance report 173 Shares and shareholders 177 Ten years in figures 178 Taxes 179 Production capacities 181 Calculation of key ratios and comparable performance measures Corporate governance 183 Corporate governance statement 190 • Board of Directors of Metsä Board 194 • Corporate Management Team of Metsä Board

10 Investments

2.2 Sales

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Receivables

2.3 Other operating income 2.4 Operating expenses

12 Shareholders’ equity 13 Mandatory provisions

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Remuneration

14 Deferred tax assets and liabilities

3.1 Employee costs

15 Non-current liabilities

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS EUR million

TOTAL INVESTMENTS EUR million

INTEREST-BEARING NET DEBT, EUR million INTEREST-BEARING NET DEBT / EBITDA, COMPARABLE

3.2 The management’s salaries, remuneration and pension expenses

16 Current liabilities

3.3 Share-based payment

17 Financial instruments

3.4 Retirement benefit obligations

18 Disputes, legal proceedings and commitments

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350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0

400 300 200 100 0 -100

2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 -0.5

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Capital employed

19 Shares and holdings

4.1 Intangible assets

4.2 Property, plant and equipment

The Board’s proposal to the Annual General Meeting for the distribution of funds

4.3 Other investments

4.4 Inventories

Auditor’s report

4.5 Trade receivables and other receivables

Assurance Report on the Sustainability Statement 

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4.6 Other non-current liabilities

 Shares and shareholders *

4.7 Trade payables and other liabilities

4.8 Provisions

Ten years in figures

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Capital structure and financial risks

Taxes

TOTAL COSTS 2024 EUR 1.7 billion

PERSONNEL AT THE END OF PERIOD

TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURY FREQUENCY (TRIF) per million hours worked

5.1 Shareholders’ equity

Production capacities Calculation of key ratios *

5.2 Financial income and expenses 5.3 Other long-term assets 5.4 Cash and cash equivalents 5.5 Borrowings and net debt 5.6 Management of financial risks

Comparable performance measures *

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Wood ���������������������������� 20% Pulp * ���������������������������� 16% Logistics ���������������������� 15% Chemicals ������������������� 15% Energy �������������������������� 10% Other variable ��������������� 2% Personnel ��������������������� 11% Other fixed ������������������ 10%

Corporate governance

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183

5.7 Classification and fair values of financial assets and liabilities

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Corporate governance statement • Board of Directors of Metsä Board 

183 190 194 196 201

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Income taxes Group structure

• Corporate Management Team of Metsä Board 

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Remuneration report

7.1 Group companies

Investor relations and investor information

7.2 Non-controlling interest’s shares 7.3 Associate companies and joint ventures 7.4 Acquisitions and operations disposed of

*) Pulp: Metsä Board purchases all external pulp from its associated company Metsä Fibre, of which Metsä Board owns 24.9%. Metsä Fibre’s pulp cost structure in 2024: wood 57%, chemicals 11%, logistics 9%, energy 5%, personnel and other fixed 17%.

Development of key figures per share can be found on page 176.

196 Remuneration report 201 Investor relations and investor information

* part of the Report of the Board of Directors

7.5 Related party transactions

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Other notes

8.1 Contingent liabilities, assets and commitments

8.2 Events after the financial period

This PDF is not official ESEF report

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