Filed by Stora Enso Oyj
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
Subject Company: Consolidated Papers, Inc.
Commission File No. 001-11359
We urge you to read the Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated July 26, 2000, which
Stora Enso has filed with the Securities Exchange Commission as part of a
Registration Statement, because it contains important information. The Proxy
Statement/Prospectus was sent on or about July 28, 2000 to stockholders of
Consolidated Papers, Inc. seeking their approval of the proposed merger of
Consolidated Papers with a subsidiary of Stora Enso. You may obtain a free copy
of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other documents filed by Consolidated
Papers (as well as certain documents filed by Stora Enso) with the Commission at
the Commission's web site at www.sec.gov. Stora Enso's Registration Statement on
Form F-4 (File No. 333-12342) may also be obtained from the Commission's public
reference room located at 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20549 or at one
of the Commission's other public reference rooms in New York, New York and
Chicago, Illinois. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information
on the public reference rooms. The Registration Statement, including documents
incorporated by reference therein, may also be obtained from Stora Enso by
contacting Stora Enso Oyj, Attention: Maija Harsu, Investor Relations,
Kanavaranta 1, P.O. Box 309, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland, and/or Consolidated
Papers, Inc. by contacting Consolidated Papers, Inc., Attention: Tim Laatsch,
Corporate Communications, 231 First Avenue North, P.O. Box 8050, Wisconsin
Rapids, Wisconsin 54495-8050. Consolidated Papers, Inc., its directors,
executive officers and certain other members of Consolidated Papers management
and employees may be soliciting proxies from Consolidated Papers shareholders in
favor of the transaction. Information concerning the participants is set forth
in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
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The following press release was issued by Stora Enso Oyj on August 18,
2000.
[Stora Enso Letterhead]
Stora Enso Extraordinary General Meeting on 18 August 2000
The Stora Enso Extraordinary General Meeting on 18 August 2000 approved the
merger and merger plan between Stora Enso and Consolidated Papers, Inc., which
will result in the acquisition of Consolidated Papers, Inc. by the Stora Enso
Group.
The Meeting also approved the issuance of up to 200 million new R shares to the
Consolidated Papers' shareholders for the acquisition of Consolidated Papers,
Inc. and authorized the Board of Directors to grant option rights to replace the
current option schemes of Consolidated Papers, Inc. for its personnel.
The maximum number of the members of the Board was changed to eleven (11)
ordinary members. George W. Mead, Chairman of Consolidated Papers, Inc. was
elected as the eleventh member of the Board effective at the closing of the
acquisition.
