Wed February 18 02:00 am 2004 in category Stock exchange releases
Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Announcement February 18, 2004 2 p.m.

SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTION RIGHTS

After the December 10, 2003 registered increase in share capital a total of 2,460 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 4,920 euros was entered into the Trade Register on February 18, 2004.

The shares will be traded on the Helsinki Exchanges together with the old shares as of February 19, 2004.

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

Trading code: NOR1V
ISIN code: FI0009005318
Number of shares: 10,684,441

After the increase, Nokian Tyres plc’s share capital is 21,368,882,00
euros.

Nokian Tyres plc

Raila Hietala-Hellman
Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations