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M-Real: Notice Pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act, Chapter 2, Section 10

Thursday 17. January 2008 - According to the information received today by M-real Corporation, the shareholding of Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway, Norwegian organisation number 937 884 117) has on 9 January, 2008 increased to 5.3 percent of the share capital and to 1.7 percent of the voting rights of M-real Corporation. In total, Norges Bank owns 17.431.344 M-real Corporation's B-shares.

According to the information received today by M-real Corporation, the shareholding of Norges Bank (Central Bank of Norway, Norwegian organisation number 937 884 117) has on 9 January, 2008 increased to 5.3 percent of the share capital and to 1.7 percent of the voting rights of M-real Corporation. In total, Norges Bank owns 17.431.344 M-real Corporation’s B-shares.

The total number of M-real shares is 328.165.612.