<b>Metsa-Serla Buying German Operations from IP</B>

Metsa-Serla Oyj will buy a majority stake in German rival Zanders Feinpapiere AG from International Paper Co.

Helsinki-based Metsa-Serla has agreed to pay $73.8 million for what Executive Vice President and CFO Veli-Matti Myntinnen said were holding companies belonging to International Paper.

These companies, which hold 72% of Zanders' shares, will be purchased through Metsa-Serla's own German company, Metsa-Serla Holding GmbH. Myntinnen said

The deal, which must be approved by the European Union competition authorities.

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