The European Commission has approved the merger between Ahlstrom Corporation and Munksjö Oyj. Ahlstrom and Munksjö have now received all pre-closing competition approvals required for completing the merger.
The merger is currently expected to be completed on or about April 1, 2017. As communicated earlier, the completion of the merger is subject to certain customary conditions concerning, among other things, the availability of financing and the absence of events that would have a material adverse effect on either company
Ahlstrom and Munksjö have agreed to distribute funds to their respective shareholders prior to the completion of the merger in the amount of approximately Euro 23 million each, corresponding to Euro 0.49 per share in Ahlstrom and Euro 0.45 per share in Munksjö.
