HELSINKI, Finland -- Ahlstrom Corporation's Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders ("EGM") was held Wednesday in Helsinki.

According to a stock exchange release published by Ahlstrom, the EGM resolved, inter alia, to approve the combination of Ahlstrom's and Munksjö's business operations through a statutory absorption merger of Ahlstrom into Munksjö and approve the merger plan.

The EGM also authorised Ahlstrom's Board of Directors to resolve on the distribution of an extra dividend in the total amount of maximum EUR 0.49 per each outstanding share in Ahlstrom prior to the completion of the combination. All decisions were taken in accordance with the proposals of Ahlstrom's Board of Directors. The release is available at www.ahlstrom.com.

The completion of the combination is subject to, inter alia, approval by the EGM of Munksjö as well as merger control approvals from competition authorities. Munksjö's EGM will be held later today in Helsinki, and its decisions will be published by Munksjö as a separate stock exchange release.

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