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Subscribe Metsä1 additional shares with wood trade income at a 15 per cent discount

When you invest in Metsä1 additional shares, you also receive the right to an Equity Bonus. The Equity Bonus means that for the two calendar years following the year of subscription of your Metsä1 additional shares (“period of use”), you can subscribe for new Metsä1 additional shares with your wood trade income at a discounted rate, paying only 85 per cent of the subscription price.

Metsäliitto Cooperative will pay the remaining 15 per cent. In other words, for every Metsä1 additional share you subscribe for, you receive one Equity Bonus, meaning the right to subscribe for one new Metsä1 additional share at a discounted rate during the period of use.

You will achieve the best profits with a long-term investment period of at least five years. You should keep the Metsä1 additional shares subscribed at a discounted rate invested for two full calendar years after the period of use ends. If you terminate the Metsä1 additional shares earlier, you lose the share paid by Metsäliitto Cooperative (15 per cent of the subscription price).

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The Equity Bonus gives owner-members interested in long-term investment the opportunity to maximise profits for their forest investments.

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    Year 1: Earnings period

    In the first calendar year, you can invest funds from wood trade income or interest on members’ capital in Metsä1 additional shares at the normal price. This makes you eligible for Equity Bonuses.

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    Years 2 and 3: Period of use

    For the period of use lasting for the two following calendar years, you can subscribe for more Metsä1 additional shares at a discounted rate with your wood trade income, up to the amount you subscribed for during the earnings period.

    You pay 85 per cent of the Metsä1 additional shares’ par value, and we pay the other 15 per cent. In other words, you get the additional shares at a good discount, while still accruing interest on your investment normally, in accordance with the current interest policy of the Representative Council.

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    Years 4 and 5: Restriction period

    For the next two years, you accrue interest on your Metsä1 additional shares. If you terminate the shares tied to the Equity Bonus before the end of the restriction period, you lose the share of the additional shares paid by Metsäliitto Cooperative, while the interest and shares subscribed by you are returned in accordance with the Rules of Metsäliitto Cooperative. After the restriction period ends, you can withdraw your Metsä1 additional shares with interest, or continue investing under the normal Metsä1 additional share terms and conditions.

When investing in Metsäliitto Cooperative, the member confirms they have read and approved the Rules of Metsäliitto Cooperative, the prospectus of Metsäliitto Cooperative and its additional shares, the general terms and conditions of additional shares, and the terms and conditions of their issue, as well as the general terms and conditions of Metsä1 and Metsä2 additional shares, and the terms and conditions of their issue. More information and the aforementioned documents can be found here (in Finnish).

Previous profit distribution is not a guarantee of future profit distribution or returns. Metsäliitto Cooperative’s Representative Council decides on the interest on members’ capital and other profit distribution annually based on a proposal from the Board of Directors.