Brief: Metsa Board Q4 Operating Result At EUR 90.8 Mln, Roughly In Line With Expectations

Metsa Board Oyj

10/02/2022 10:39

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Metsa Board Oyj  METSB.HE :
    * METSA BOARD OYJ Q4 OPERATING RESULT EUR 90.8 MILLION
VERSUS EUR
89.58 MILLION AS SEEN IN REFINITIV POLL (ADDS MISSING 'MILLION')
    * METSÄ BOARD'S COMPARABLE OPERATING RESULT IN 2021 WAS EUR
387
MILLION
    * IN 2021, DEMAND FOR METSÄ BOARD'S FRESH FIBRE PAPERBOARDS
WAS
RECORD HIGH IN NEARLY ALL END USES.
    * Q4 SALES EUR 518.5 MILLION VERSUS EUR 473.1 MILLION YEAR
AGO
    * PROPOSES TO ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON 24 MARCH
2022
THAT A DIVIDEND OF EUR 0.41 PER SHAR
    * Q4 COMPARABLE OPERATING RESULT EUR 91.3 MILLION  VERSUS
EUR 64.5
MILLION YEAR AGO
    * AVERAGE PRICES OF METSÄ BOARD'S FOLDING BOXBOARD AND WHITE
KRAFTLINERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE.
    * PAPERBOARD DELIVERY VOLUMES IN Q1 ARE EXPECTED TO BE
HIGHER
COMPARED TO OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2021 DELIVERY VOLUMES (444,000
TONNES).
    * GLOBAL CHALLENGES WITH AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT
WILL
INCREASE LOGISTICS COSTS
    * HIGHER PRICES OF ESPECIALLY ENERGY AND CERTAIN CHEMICALS
WILL
INCREASE OTHER PRODUCTION COSTS.
    * IN CHINA, DEMAND FOR MARKET PULP STRENGTHENED TOWARDS END
OF
2021.
    * GLOBAL BOTTLENECKS IN LOGISTICS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
PULP
DELIVERIES TO ASIA FROM ALL MARKET PULP PRODUCING AREAS.
    * COMPARABLE OPERATING RESULT IN JANUARY-MARCH 2022 IS
EXPECTED TO
IMPROVE COMPARED TO OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2021.


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