Stock exchange release
March 16, 2004
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 2
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 2004 The Annual General Meeting of shareholders approved the financial statements for 2003 on March 16, 2004. The members of the Board and the President were discharged from responsibility for the previous year. A dividend of euro 0.31 per share was declared for A-shares and euro 0.29 per share for K-shares. The dividend will be paid on March 26, 2004. The number of Board members was decided to be 7 and deputy members to be 1. Board Members Mr. Göran J. Ehrnrooth, Mr. Mikael von Frenckell, Mr. Gustaf Gripenberg, Mr. Olli Riikkala and Mr. Thomas Tallberg were re-elected. Mr. Paul Ehrnrooth and Ms. Ilona Ervasti-Vaintola were elected as new members. Mr. Alexander Ehrnrooth was elected deputy member. The term of the Board members and of the deputy member will expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting in 2005. KPMG Wideri Oy Ab was elected auditor. The Annual General Meeting decided to authorize the Board of Directors to acquire at the Helsinki Exchanges, within the period of one year from March 16, 2004, a maximum of 1,869,803 of the companys own shares of series A and a maximum of 805,618 of series K in a proportion deviating from the shareholders existing proportionate holdings at share prices quoted on the Helsinki Exchanges at the time of such acquisition. The Annual General Meeting decided to authorize the Board of Directors to decide within the period of one year from March 16, 2004 to sell a maximum of 1,869,803 Fiskars shares of series A and a maximum of 805,618 Fiskars shares of series K acquired pursuant to the Boards authorization. Convening after the Meeting the Board elected Göran J. Ehrnrooth as its chairman and Mikael von Frenckell as the deputy chairman. The Board appointed Gustaf Gripenberg chairman of the Audit Committee and its other members Alexander Ehrnrooth, Paul Ehrnrooth and Ilona Ervasti-Vaintola. The Board appointed Göran J. Ehrnrooth chairman of the Compensation Committee and its other members Mikael von Frenckell and Olli Riikkala. The Board appointed Göran J. Ehrnrooth chairman of the Nomination Committee and its other members Mikael von Frenckell and Robert G. Ehrnrooth. Fiskars Corporation will publish the Interim Report January to March, on May 7, 2004. Fiskars Corporation Heikki Allonen President and CEO