Metsä Board Annual Review 2024

METSÄ BOARD Annual review 2024

5.4 Cash and cash equivalents

Changes in liabilities and current interest-bearing receivables reported in the cash flow from financing activities in 2024

Non-cash changes

EUR million

2024

2023

Acquired / Sold businesses

Changes in foreign exchange rates

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

New finance

Cash at hand and in bank

3.4

13.2

Accounting principles In addition to cash and bank accounts, cash and cash equivalents include liquid financial assets recorded at amortised cost that mature within less than 6 months from the acquisition date. Cash and cash equivalents also include interest-bearing, immediately withdrawable deposits held in Metsä Group’s internal bank, Metsä Group Treasury Oy. When determining the impairment of monetary assets, a model based on expected credit losses is applied. The expected credit losses are reviewed for the following 12 months.

EUR million

1 Jan 2024 Cash flows

leases Other changes 31 Dec 2024

Deposits to Metsä Group Treasury Oy

179.2 182.6

278.4 291.6

Non-current interest-bearing liabilities incl. Current portion Bonds

Total

249.2 176.1

0.2 0.2

249.4 164.4

Loans from financial institutions

-12.0

Finance lease liabilities

12.8

-6.7 0.0

0.0

11.2

17.2 0.0

Strategy and financial targets

Other

0.0

8

Value creation

Total

438.1

-18.7

0.0

11.2

0.4

431.0

Non-current non-interest bearing liabilities

8.7

-3.1

0.0 0.7 0.7

5.6

Financial development 10 Key figures 12

Current interest-bearing liabilities

95.8 73.9

96.4

Total

446.8

11.2

0.4

533.0

Report of the Board of Directors

20 20 37 70 89 96

• Sustainability statement

Changes in liabilities and current interest-bearing receivables reported in the cash flow from financing activities in 2023

General information

Non-cash changes

E – Environment

Acquired / Sold businesses

Changes in foreign exchange rates

S – Social responsibility

New finance

EUR million

1 Jan 2023 Cash flows

leases Other changes 31 Dec 2023

G – Governance

Non-current interest-bearing liabilities incl. Current portion Bonds

5.5 Borrowings and net debt

Annexes to the Sustainability statement

249.0 187.6

0.2 0.3

249.2 176.1

Loans from financial institutions

-11.8

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

Finance lease liabilities

15.9

-7.1 0.0

0.0

4.0

12.8

Other

0.0

0.0

Accounting principles Financial liabilities are categorised initially recognised at fair value. The Group has classified all financial liabilities under “Amortised cost”. Trans- action costs are included in the original book value of financial liabilities measured at amortised cost. Subsequently, all financial liabilities are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Total

452.6

-18.9

0.0

4.0

0.5

438.1

Non-current non-interest bearing liabilities

3.9 0.4

4.7

0.0 0.0 0.0

8.7 0.0

Current interest-bearing liabilities

-0.4

Total

456.9

-14.6

4.0

0.5

446.8

Interest-bearing Liabilities

Interest-bearing assets

EUR million

2024

2023

EUR million

2024

2023

Non-current interest-bearing financial liabilities Bonds

Non-current interest-bearing financial assets Loan and other receivables

249.4 152.6

249.2 164.4

0.0

2.5

Loans from financial institutions

Current interest-bearing financial assets Cash at hand and in bank Deposits to Metsä Group Treasury Oy

Lease liabilities

9.9

7.5

Bonds

Total

411.9

421.0

3.4

13.2

EUR million 2017–2027

Interest % 2024

2023 249.2 249.2

179.2 182.6

278.4 291.6

2.75

249.4 249.4

Current interest-bearing financial liabilities Commercial papers

Total

Total

29.7 19.1 66.7 115.5

Current portion of non-current debt Current liabilities to group companies

17.1

Interest-bearing financial assets total

182.6

294.0

Metsä Board Corporation issued in September 2017 a bond of EUR 250 million. The bond carries a fixed coupon rate of 2.75%, and the maturity date is 29 September 2027. The bond ranks senior and is unsecured.

Interest-bearing net debt

344.9

144.0

Total

17.1

Current interest-bearing financial liabilities

527.4

438.1

Metsä Board has classified interest-bearing receivables comparable to cash funds and available immediately from Metsä Group’s internal bank Metsä Group Treasury Oy as Cash and cash equivalents.

196 Remuneration report 201 Investor relations and investor information

130

131

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