Wed December 10 12:00 am 2003 in category Stock exchange releases
Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Announcement December 10,2003 11 am

SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTION RIGHTS; NOKIAN TYRES PLC

After the October 31, 2003 registered increase in share capital a total of 13,070 Nokian Tyres plc's shares have been subscribed with the 2001A option rights. These option rights are attached to the Nokian Tyres plc's Option Program of 2001.

An increase in share capital totalling 26,140 euros was entered into the Trade Register on December 10, 2003.

The shares will be traded on the Helsinki Exchanges together with the old shares as of December 11, 2003.

Identifiers of Nokian Tyres plc's share after the increase in share capital:

Trading code: NOR1V
ISIN code: FI0009005318
Number of shares: 10,681,981

After the increase, Nokian Tyres plc's share capital is 21,363,962 euros.

Nokian Tyres plc

Raila Hietala-Hellman
Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations