SAO PAULO, May 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian pulp maker Suzano

posted on Thursday a 6.3 billion reais ($1.11 billion) net

profit in the first-quarter, multiplying from the 220 million

real profit it had in the same period last year.

However, its closely watched core earnings, as measured by

the adjusted EBITDA, stood at 4.87 billion reais for the

three-month period ended in March, missing the 5.77 billion

reais expected by analysts in a LSEG poll.

($1 = 5.6620 reais)