The UPM-Kymmene Corporation has approved the distribution of 3,580,900 2002D stock options to 400 key group personnel.
Another 219,100 stock options, such as 2002E, have been distributed to Unicarta Oy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UPM-Kymmene.
The company has also announced that , in order to speed up wood sales from private forests and to support its market position, is is raising its purchase price for pine pulpwood by one euro per cubic metre. It has also lowered its minimum diameter from seven to six centimetres.