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Helsinki, 2011-04-28 08:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UPM-Kymmene Corporation Interim Report 28 April 2011 at 09:30 EET Interim report for January–March 2011
1) EBITDA is operating profit before depreciation, amortisation and impairment charges, excluding the change in value of biological assets, excluding the share of results of associated companies and joint ventures, and special items. J ussi Pesonen, President and CEO, comments on the first quarter of 2011 : “UPM's earnings showed a clear improvement compared to the same period last year, due to higher sales prices and delivery volumes in most of our businesses. We are now finally seeing market pick up even in our Plywood business. Our first quarter sales grew by 16% compared to the same period last year. Despite the very clear increase in variable costs, our EBITDA margin was better than it was in the full year of 2010. The improvement in earnings comes from our Paper and Pulp business areas. In Paper, delivery volumes improved, especially in markets outside Europe. The operating loss of the Paper business decreased thanks to better prices and deliveries. At the beginning of the year paper prices increased on average by 6%. The Pulp business continued to perform well due to remarkably high market prices and more deliveries. It is clear that UPM is now well positioned both in terms of business cycle and strategy,” Pesonen concludes. Outlook for 2011 UPM’s earnings guidance for 2011 is unchanged. The operating profit excluding special items for 2011 is expected to improve on last year. In the first half of 2011, operating profit excluding special items is expected to be clearly higher than that of the first half of 2010.
The favourable delivery volume development seen in the first quarter is expected to continue. Variable cost inflation has turned out to be higher than expected at the start of the year, especially in chemical pulp and recovered paper as well as oil-related costs, such as logistics and chemicals. The cost of wood raw material is expected to be stable at the level seen in the first quarter and latter part of 2010. Overall cost inflation in 2011 is now estimated to be about the same as in 2010. ***** The complete Interim Report is available on the company website at www.upm.com UPM will publish the Interim Report for January–June 2011 on 3 August 2011.
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Conference call and press conference UPM's President and CEO Jussi Pesonen will present the Interim Report for January-March 2011 in a conference call and webcast for analysts and investors, held in English, today on 28 April 2011 at 13:00 Finnish time (11:00 BST (London), 06:00 EST). Jussi Pesonen will also present the Interim Report in a press conference held in Finnish at UPM Group Head Office in Helsinki, Eteläesplanadi 2, today at 14:15 Finnish time (12:15 BST (London), 07:15 EST).
Conference call and webcast details:
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