At its annual meeting on 29 April 2026, the Representative Council of Metsäliitto Cooperative decided on the interest to be paid on owner-members’ capital. Based on the result for 2025, Metsäliitto Cooperative will pay interest of 5.0% on the owner-members’ statutory participation shares (in 2024: 5.5%), 4.5% on Metsä1 additional shares (5.0%), 1.0% on A additional shares (2.0%) and 0.75% on B additional shares (1.0%).
The Representative Council also decided on a surplus refund of EUR 0.30 per cubic metre of industrial roundwood received from members during the last four full financial periods. The reimbursement of surplus will be primarily paid as Metsä1 additional shares, but in money for the part corresponding to the tax withheld for each member.
The total profit distribution for the year will be approximately EUR 88 million (93). The refund of surplus based on wood trade accounts for roughly 17% of this.
The interest on members’ capital and the surplus refunds will be paid on 11 May 2026.
Chair of the Supervisory Board
At its organising meeting on 29 April 2026, Metsäliitto Cooperative's Supervisory Board elected Ilkka Uusitalo, an agricultural and forestry entrepreneur, as its new Chair. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2017 and brings extensive experience of forestry and corporate governance to the role of Chair. Uusitalo succeeds Juha Paajanen, who has served as Chair since 2017.
Jari Laineenoja will continue as Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board.
Members of the Supervisory Board
Kimmo Tiilikainen was elected as a new member of the Supervisory Board to replace Juha Paajanen, who is stepping down. The Supervisory Board members Seppo Airaksinen, Esko Kiviranta, Markus Laatikainen, Anders Lillandt, Petri Miettinen, Eeva Mikkonen, Jussi Moilanen, Ilkka Uusitalo and Anders Wasström, whose terms were expiring, were re-elected.
For further information:
Miika Arola, EVP, Legal and Compliance, Metsä Group, tfn. +358 (0)10 465 4205
Metsä Group
www.metsagroup.com
Metsä Group has its roots in the Finnish forest: our parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative is owned by approximately 90,000 forest owners. We make wood products that people around the world need every day. We focus on pulp, paperboards, tissue and greaseproof papers, wood products, and wood supply and forest services. We are committed to regenerative forestry that measurably strengthens the forest ecosystem. We promote a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion.
In 2025, our sales totalled EUR 5.8 billion, and we employ about 8,800 people.