Stock exchange release
November 16, 2004
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF FISKARS CORPORATION
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF FISKARS CORPORATION An Extraordinary General Meeting of Fiskars Corporation will be held at HTC Helsinki, Tammasaarenkatu 5, 00180 Helsinki, Finland on Friday, December 3, 2004 at 2.00 p.m. Agenda for the Extraordinary General Meeting: 1. Proposal by the Board of Directors for distribution of extra dividend The Board of Directors proposes for the Extraordinary General Meeting that an extra dividend of 1.00 euro per A share and 0.98 euro per K share be distributed for the financial period that ended December 31, 2003; in addition to the dividend (EUR 0.31 per A share and EUR 0.29 per K share) decided by the Annual General Meeting on March 16, 2004. The extra dividend will be paid to shareholders registered in the shareholders register of Fiskars Corporation maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. on December 9, 2004. It is proposed that the extra dividend be paid on Friday, December 17, 2004. 2. Proposal concerning bonus issue The Board of Directors proposes that the companys share capital be increased from EUR 55,364,430 to EUR 77,510,200 through a bonus share issue. Under the bonus issue, two (2) new A-shares will be issued for each five (5) existing A-shares and two (2) new K-shares will be issued for each five (5) existing K-shares, i.e. altogether 15,698,426 new A-shares and 6,447,344 new K-shares. The calculatory nominal value of each share is EUR 1.00. The right to receive new shares under the bonus issue shall belong to the shareholders listed in the companys shareholders register on the record date. The record date is December 9, 2004. The new shares will be entered directly in the book-entry account of the shareholder on or about December 10, 2004 provided that the increase in share capital has been entered in the Trade Register. The new shares carry full dividend rights for the financial year beginning January 1, 2004. The shares will carry the other shareholder rights in the company from the date of registration of the increase of share capital. 3. Proposal concerning the sale of shares not transferred to book- entry securities system The Board proposes that the shares on a common book-entry securities account, consisting of shares not transferred to the book-entry securities system as well as of shares that have not been claimed in the bonus issues of 1995 and 1999, in total 33,102 A-shares and 8,766 K-shares, be sold for the account of their owners. Information The proposal of the Board of Directors will be available for inspection by shareholders at Fiskars Corporation, Mannerheimintie 14 A, 00100 Helsinki, Finland from November 26, 2004 and copies of the documents will be sent to shareholders upon request. Right to attend the meeting A shareholder who on November 23, 2004 is registered as shareholder in the shareholders register of Fiskars Corporation, maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd., has the right to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting. In order to enable participation at the Extraordinary General Meeting, nominee registered shareholders shall contact the relevant account holder so that a provisional registration per November 23, 2004 can be made in the shareholders register. Registration Shareholders wishing to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting shall notify Fiskars Corporation - by letter to Fiskars Corporation, P.O. Box 235, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland, - by phone at +358 9 6188 6230, or - by e-mail at laura.kiiski@fiskars.fi not later than November 26, 2004 by 4.00 p.m. The notifications shall be received by Fiskars Corporation prior to the expiration of the notification period. Proxies should be sent to Fiskars Corporation in advance. Helsinki, November 10, 2004 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Fiskars Corporation Leena Kahila-Bergh Juha Rauhala Vice President, Vice President, Corporate Communications Corporate Finance