Stock exchange release
January 14, 2005
FISKARS SHARES NOT TRANSFERRED INTO THE BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM
FISKARS SHARES NOT TRANSFERRED INTO THE BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM Notification and request under Chapter 3 a Section 3 a and Chapter 4 Section 14 of the Companies Act Fiskars Corporation has at its General Meeting held on 3 December 2004 decided to sell the company's A and K shares on the common book-entry account on behalf of the owners and to authorise the company's Board of Directors to take the necessary steps in this respect. On the common book-entry account opened by the company has been registered the shares the owners of which have not registered their ownership to the shares in the book-entry system, and also the shares not claimed in the bonus issues of 1995 and 1999. On 3 December 2004, in total 33,102 A shares and 8,766 K shares were not transferred to the book-entry system. Those shareholders of Fiskars and other holders of rights who have not yet transferred their ownership to the book-entry system are, in order to register their ownership, requested to deliver without delay their share certificates and possible other documents of ownership to a book-entry account operator for the registration of ownership. Shareholders or other holders of rights shall request that the shares are registered in the book-entry system in accordance with law by no later than 31 January 2006 under threat that they otherwise will forfeit their rights to these shares. Shares that after 31 January 2006 have not been transferred to the book-entry system will be sold in the public trade on behalf of the shareholders. The funds collected from the sale, and from which will be deducted the costs of the giving of notification and the sale, will on behalf of the owners be deposited with the Provincial Government of Southern Finland for a period of ten years. After the sale of the shares the shareholders have the right to receive only the part of the deposited funds in exchange for the share certificates and possible other documentation of ownership. Fiskars Corporation also requests those shareholders that have had the right to receive shares in the 1995 and 1999 bonus issues, but who have not used this right, to accept their shares by no later than 31 January 2006 under threat that the ownership to the shares will otherwise be forfeited. If the shares of the bonus issues are not claimed within the stipulated time, the shares will be sold in the public trade on behalf of the persons entitled to the shares. Anyone who has ownership to the shares will after this have only the right to funds collected in the sale, from which will be deducted the costs of the giving of notification and the sale. The funds, which have not been claimed within four years from the sale, will be paid to the company. Leena Kahila-Bergh Johan Landsdorff Vice President, Vice President, Corporate Communications Legal Counsel