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Share Listings
Stora Enso shares are listed on the Helsinki and Stockholm stock exchanges. The R share is also listed in ADR form on the New York Stock Exchange. The shares are quoted in Helsinki in euro (EUR), in Stockholm in Swedish krona (SEK) and euro (EUR) and in New York in US dollar (USD).
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
Stora Enso R shares have been traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in ADR form since 13 September 2000 under the SEO ticker. ADR issuances and cancellations are carried by Citibank, N.A., which acts as depositary bank for the Stora Enso ADR programme. The exchange rate between Stora Enso ADRs and R shares is 1:1, i.e. one ADR represents one Stora Enso R share. In 2002 the trading volume on the NYSE was approximately 2% of the cumulative trading volume on all three exchanges.
Share Registers
The Company's shares are entered in the Book-Entry Securities System maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository (APK), which also maintains the official share register of Stora Enso Oyj. On 31 December 2002, 238 563 014 of the Company's shares were registered in the Swedish Securities Register Center as VPC shares and 101 964 446 of the Company's R shares were registered in ADR form in Citibank, N.A.
| Distribution by Book-Entry System, 31 December 2002 |
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| Number
of Shares |
A
shares |
R
shares |
Total |
| FCSD
registered (Finnish Central Securities
Depository) |
107 242 849 |
452 006 990 |
559 249 839 |
| VPC
registered (Swedish Securities Register
Center)* |
75 073 836 |
163 489 178 |
238 563 014 |
| Citibank
administered ADRs* |
- |
101 964 446 |
101 964 446 |
| FCSD
waiting list |
- |
1 000 |
1 000 |
| FCSD
joint account |
- |
- |
- |
| Total |
182
316 685 |
717 461 614 |
899 778 299 |
| *VPC
registered shares and ADRs are both nominee
registered in the FCSD |
| Ownership Distribution, 31 December 2002 |
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| By Shareholding |
%
of Shares |
%
of Votes |
%
of Share-holders |
| Finnish
institutions |
14.4 |
22.2 |
2.3 |
| Finnish
State |
10.8 |
23.5 |
0.0 |
| Finnish
private shareholders |
1.6 |
1.7 |
29.0 |
| Swedish
institutions |
18.6 |
31.1 |
4.4 |
| Swedish
private shareholders |
3.7 |
3.1 |
58.6 |
| ADR
holders |
11.3 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
| Under
nominee names (non-Finnish/non-Swedish
shareholders) |
39.6 |
14.4 |
1.9 |
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