The B shares will be acquired in the public trading on the Helsinki Exchanges at the publicly quoted market price at the time of purchase, as provided by the regulations on public trading of shares. The acquisition of the shares will begin on 15 May 2003 at the earliest, and shall end by 8 April 2004 at the latest.
The shares will be acquired to use them as consideration in connection with prospective business acquisitions, to develop the capital structure of the company, to dispose of them in some other way or to invalidate them. The repurchasing of the B shares will reduce the amount of funds available for dividend distribution.
