Stock exchange release
March 11, 2005
NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLD
NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS Fiskars Corporation has been informed that Virala Oy Ab has increased its holding to more than one-tenth (1/10) of the share capital and voting rights in Fiskars Corporation. Under Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Finnish Market Securities Act, we hereby announce following: 1. Name of company in which holdings have been acquired Fiskars Oyj Abp, Business ID 0214036-5 2. Date of change in holdings March 11, 2005 3. Shareholder's name and Business Identity Code Virala Oy Ab, 0147485-7 4. Proportion of voting rights and share capital: Number of Proportion of Proportion of shares share capital voting rights A shares 4 851 553 6.26 % 0.96 % K shares 3 000 277 3.87 % 11.85 % Total 7 851 830 10.13 % 12.81 % The share capital of Fiskars Corporation comprises a total of 77,510,200 shares (54,944,492 A shares and 22,565,708 K shares), said shares entitling to a total of 506,258,652 votes. Juha Rauhala Johan Landsdorff Vice President, Vice President, Corporate Finance Legal Counsel