LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 7 MARCH 2003
INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
The shareholders of Lassila & Tikanoja plc are invited to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders which will be held on Tuesday, 1 April 2003, at 4 p.m. in the Savoy Restaurant, Eteläesplanadi 14, Helsinki.
The issues pertaining to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders under article 14 of the Articles of Association shall be dealt with at the Meeting.
Financial Statements and Annual Report
The Financial Statements will be available to shareholders with the beginning on 25 March 2003 at the head office of the Company in Helsinki at Hopeatie 2. Copies of the documents will be sent to shareholders on request. The Annual Report has been mailed to the shareholders.
Right to attend the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Shareholders who were entered in the Company share register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on 21 March 2003 are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting.
Shareholders whose shares have not been transferred to the book-entry system are also entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting provided that they were registered in the share register of the Lassila & Tikanoja plc demerged on 30 September 2001 (business ID 0110679-8) before 1 November 1993. In such cases, shareholders must present their share certificates at the Annual General Meeting or otherwise demonstrate that title to the shares has not been transferred to the book-entry account.
Registration
Shareholders who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders must register by 4 p.m. on 27 March 2003 by telephone to +358 10 636 2882 / Taru Määttä, by writing to the following address: Lassila & Tikanoja plc, P.O. Box 28, 00441 Helsinki, by fax to +358 10 636 2899 or by e-mail to the address taru.maatta@lassila-tikanoja.fi. Please deliver any powers of attorney by the end of the registration period to the same address.
Payment of the dividend
The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders that a dividend of EUR 0.75 per share be paid for the 2002 financial year. The dividend decided on by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be paid to a shareholder registered in the Company share register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on the record day. In accordance with the decision of the Board of Directors, the record day for payment of the dividend is 4 April 2003. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the dividend be paid on 11 April 2003.
Helsinki, 7 March 2003
LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC
Board of Directors
For additional information please contact Mr. Jari Sarjo, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 636 111.