UPM'S SALE OF UPM-ASUNNOT OY CONCLUDED


UPM's sale of UPM Asunnot Oy to the Danish-Finnish real-estate investment
company Waterhouse Real Estate Investment Oy was completed today and the
business has been transferred to the new owner.  The deal was published April
4, 2007. 

For further information, please contact:                                        
Mr Kaj-Erik Lindberg, Vice President, UPM, Real Estate, tel. +358 204 15 0800
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