27.5.2025

Metsä Board EUR 200 million green notes

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We advised Metsä Board Corporation on the issuance of senior unsecured green notes of EUR 200 million. The maturity of the notes is six years, and they mature on 28 May 2031.

The notes carry fixed annual interest of 3.875 per cent., and the issue price of the notes is 99.570 per cent. The notes were allocated to both Finnish and foreign investors.

‘We are delighted with the trust and interest shown by investors in Metsä Board’s first green bond. This arrangement extends the maturity of our financing and supports our strategy to grow in fibre-based packaging materials and renew our industrial operations. It also contributes to the achievement of our ambitious sustainability targets for 2030’, comments Henri Sederholm, CFO of Metsä Board.

Danske Bank A/S and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) acted as joint lead managers for the issue of the Notes.

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