STROMSDAL CORPORATION COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT October 13 2008, at 10.00 pm (Finnish time) STROMSDAL CORPORATION HAS BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT A CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING Stromsdal Corporation and its Board of Directors have been contacted by a group of Finnish investors, who have informed their interest about a corporate restructuring with Stromsdal, which would drastically improve the finance situation for Stromsdal. The investors have according to the information started their findings to fulfill the project. The finding includes among other things a solution concerning ownership and financing, by which debt of the new business combination would be much lower and thus the financing costs lower. The finding process and a possible corporate restructuring should be ready by year-end. The company has agreed not to disclose the names of the investors. The company will inform as soon as possible about the progress of the negotiations. The company is not in a position to determine the probability of a successful outcome of the negotiations. STROMSDAL CORPORATION Board of Directors For further information, please contact: Mikael Åbacka, Managing Director Tel. +358 400 737 452 mikael.abacka@stromsdal.fi DISTRIBUTION Helsinki Stock Exchange Major media www.stromsdal.com STROMSDAL is a forest based industry company and its board mill is located in Juankoski, Finland. Stromsdal's sales and customer service network covers more than 30 countries, mainly in Europe. For demanding printing jobs Stromsdal offers its customers premium-quality graphical boards - GraphiArt Duo and GraphiArt Pro - with excellent combination of printability, brightness and stiffness. For food-packaging Stromsdal offers its speciality environmentally friendly product - Tecta - a dispersion coated barrier board, which is 100 per cent plastic-free, bio degradable and fully recyclable. Stromsdal's shares are listed on the Small Cap segment of the Helsinki Stock Exchange (NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd) under the company code STM1V. STROMSDAL CORPORATION Juankoskentie 7 A, P.O. Box 33, FI-73501 Juankoski Tel. +358 20 710 9200, Fax. +358 20 710 9210 www.stromsdal.fi