Nordic Award bestowed on Stora Enso.

NORDIC AWARD BESTOWED ON STORA ENSO. Stora Enso Oy, Helsinki, Finland has been recognized for its investor relations (IR) and financial communications efforts during the past year at the IR Magazine Nordic Awards 2005. The IR Magazine Awards are generally acknowledged worldwide as accurate and valid measures of excellence in IR. For the Nordic awards, about 200 fund managers and analysts, based in the Nordic Region and the UK, were surveyed. Stora Enso won the following categories:

* Best Finnish company investor relations;

* Best corporate literature;

* Best investor relations website; and

* Grand Prix, for best overall investor relations.