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Upm-Kymmene Corporation BASE PROSPECTUS UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION (incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Finland with limited liability) (Business Identity Code: 1041090-0) EUR5,000,000,000 GLOBAL MEDIUM TERM NOTE PROGRAMME Under the Global Medium Term Note Programme (the "Programme") described in this Base Prospectus (the "Base Prospectus"), UPM-Kymmene Corporation (the "Company" and the "Issuer") may, subject to compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and directives, from time to time issue debt instruments (the "Notes") denominated in any currency (including euro) agreed between the Issuer and the relevant Dealer (as defined below). The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding will not at any time exceed EUR5,000,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies), subject to any duly authorised increase. All Notes denominated in the same currency, having the same maturity date, bearing interest, if any, on the same basis and at the same rate and the terms of which are otherwise identical, except for the issue date, interest commencement date and/or the issue price, will constitute a series (each, a "Series"). The aggregate principal amount, any interest rate or interest calculation, the issue price, and any other terms and conditions not contained herein with respect to each Series of Notes will be established at the time of issuance and set forth in the applicable Final Terms (as defined below). The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly within the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act ("Regulation S")). The Notes may be offered for sale (i) in the United States only, to qualified institutional buyers ("QIBs") within the meaning of, and in reliance on, Rule 144A under the Securities Act ("Rule 144A") or another available exemption from, or pursuant to a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act; or (ii) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on, and in accordance with, Regulation S, in each case, in compliance with applicable laws. See "Subscription and Sale". The Notes may be issued on a continuing basis to one or more of the Dealers specified herein and any additional Dealer appointed under the Programme from time to time, which appointment may be for a specific issue or on an ongoing basis (each a "Dealer" and, together, the "Dealers"). References in this Base Prospectus to the "relevant Dealer" shall, in relation to any issue of Notes, be to the Dealer agreeing to subscribe for such Notes or, in the case of each issue of Notes syndicated amongst a group of Dealers, the Lead Manager of such issue. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page BP-5 for a discussion of certain factors to be considered in connection with an investment in the Notes. The applicable Final Terms to any series of Notes may describe additional risks to be considered in relation to that series. Application has been made for the Notes issued under the Programme to be admitted to listing on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trading on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange during the period of 12 months after the date of publication of this Base Prospectus. However, Notes may also be issued under the Programme on an unlisted basis or be admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation by other stock exchanges, listing authorities and/or quotation systems, and the Final Terms applicable to a Series will specify whether or not Notes of such Series have been admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or admitted to listing, trading and/or quotation by any other stock exchange, listing authority and/or quotation system. The Luxembourg Stock Exchange's Regulated Market is a regulated market for the purposes of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive 2004/39/EC. This Base Prospectus may be used in connection with issues admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for a period of one year from the date hereof. This Base Prospectus should be read and construed with any Final Terms. Arranger for the Programme Citi Dealers BNP PARIBAS Bank of America Merrill Lynch Citi Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Crédit Agricole CIB Deutsche Bank Nordea, acting through either Nordea Bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc Danmark A/S or Nordea Bank Finland Plc The Royal Bank of Scotland The date of this Base Prospectus is 6 May 2010. THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND INCLUDE NOTES IN BEARER FORM THAT ARE SUBJECT TO U.S. TAX LAW REQUIREMENTS. THE NOTES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD OR, IN THE CASE OF BEARER NOTES, DELIVERED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S), EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE NOTES ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO NON-US PERSONS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S AND WITHIN THE UNITED STATES IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT SELLERS OF THE NOTES MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THESE AND CERTAIN FURTHER RESTRICTIONS ON OFFERS, SALES AND TRANSFERS OF NOTES AND DISTRIBUTION OF THIS BASE PROSPECTUS, SEE "SUBSCRIPTION AND SALE" AND "TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS". THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION IN THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER US REGULATORY AUTHORITY, AND NONE OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES HAS PASSED UPON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THE OFFERING OF THE NOTES OR THE ACCURACY OR DETERMINED THE ADEQUACY OF THIS BASE PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE. Responsibility Statement The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this document, save for information from third party sources. The Issuer declares that, having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case, the information contained in this document is, to the best of its knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. To the extent that information has been sourced from a third party, the Issuer declares that this information has been accurately reproduced. As far as the Issuer is aware, and able to ascertain from information published by any such third party, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading. * * * Notice This Base Prospectus has been approved by the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (the "CSSF"), which is the Luxembourg competent authority for the purpose of Directive 2003/71/EC (the "Prospectus Directive") and relevant implementation measures of the Prospectus Directive into Luxembourg law, as a base prospectus issued in compliance with the Prospectus Directive and relevant implementing measures in Luxembourg for the purpose of giving information with regard to the issue of Notes under the Programme during the period of twelve months after the date of publication. This Base Prospectus constitutes a base prospectus for the purposes of Article 5.4 of Directive 2003/71/EC. This Base Prospectus should be read and construed together with any supplements hereto and, in relation to any Tranche (as defined herein) of Notes which is the subject of the Final Terms (as defined herein), should be read and construed together with the relevant Final Terms (as defined herein). The Issuer has confirmed to the Dealers named under "Subscription and Sale" below that this Base Prospectus (including for this purpose, all relevant Final Terms) contains all information which is (in the context of the Programme, the issue, offering and sale of the Notes) material; that such information is true and accurate in all material respects and is not misleading in any material respect; that any opinions, predictions or intentions by the Issuer expressed herein are honestly held or made and are UK-2415709-v6 70-40462124 not misleading in any material respect; that this Base Prospectus does not omit to state any material fact necessary to make such information, opinions, predictions or intentions (in the context of the programme, the issue, offering and sale of the Notes) not misleading in any material respect; and that all proper enquiries have been made to verify the foregoing. Each purchaser of Notes that bear a restrictive legend which is a U.S. person (other than certain U.S. persons buying for the account of non-U.S. persons) will be deemed to (i) represent that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for the benefit of an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it or such account is a QIB, and (ii) acknowledge that the Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred, except (A) in compliance with Rule 144A to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a QIB, (B) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if available), (C) outside the United States in compliance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S, or (D) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States.
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