SanomaWSOY - Decisions of general meeting

Decisions of SanomaWSOY's Annual General Meeting

SanomaWSOY Corp. Stock Exchange Release 1 Apr 2008 at 16:30

SanomaWSOY Corporation's Annual General Meeting 2008 decided today to
amend the Articles of Association so that the Company's business name
will be Sanoma Corporation, to transfer all funds from the premium
fund to invested unrestricted equity and to authorise the Board to
decide on the acquisition of the Company's own shares. The dividend
was set at EUR 1.00 per share. All decisions were made in accordance
with the proposals of the Board of Directors.

Board members Robert Castrén, Jane Erkko and Paavo Hohti were
re-elected and Rafaela Seppälä was elected as a new member to the
Board. Jaakko Rauramo continues as Chairman of the Board and Sari
Baldauf as Vice Chairman.

The AGM adopted the financial statements and consolidated financial
statements for 2007 and discharged the members of the Board of
Directors as well as President and CEO from liability for the
financial year 2007.

Dividend
The AGM decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 1.00 per share to the
shareholders. The record date for dividend payment is 4 April 2008
and the dividend will be paid on 11 April 2008 in Finland. Outside
Finland, the actual dividend payment date will be determined by the
practices of the intermediary banks transferring the payments.

Amendments to the Articles of Association
The AGM decided to amend Article 1 (the Company's business name and
domicile) of SanomaWSOY's Articles of Association as proposed by the
Board. The Company's new business name will be Sanoma Oyj in Finnish,
Sanoma Abp in Swedish, and Sanoma Corporation in English. The
Company's registered office continues to be in Helsinki.

The new name will be in use on or around 1 October 2008 onwards.

Authorisation to decide on the acquisition of the Company's shares
The AGM authorised the Board to decide on the acquisition of the
Company's own shares, valid until the AGM of 2009.

A maximum of 8,285,000 of the Company's own shares can be acquired.
These treasury shares will not be acquired in proportion to the
shareholdings of the existing shareholders. They will be acquired
with the Company's unrestricted equity at the market price at the
time of acquisition on the OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki. However, the
minimum acquisition price of a share is the lowest market price in
the public trading and the maximum acquisition price is the highest
price quoted in public trading during the authorisation period.

Transfer of funds from the premium fund to invested unrestricted
equity
The AGM decided to reduce the Company's premium fund by EUR
171,475,030.04, transferring all the funds in the premium fund on the
AGM date to the Company's reserve for invested unrestricted equity.
The reduction in the premium fund will take effect without
compensation, and it will not have effect on the number of the
Company shares, rights carried by the shares, the proportional
ownership of the Company, or in the terms and conditions of the
Company's stock option schemes.

The donation of the works of art of considerable cultural historical
significance
The AGM decided that the works of art of considerable cultural
historical significance owned by the Company will be transferred into
the ownership of the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation, with the extent
and conditions to be decided later by the Board of Directors. The
right of possession of the works of art shall remain with the
Company.

Members of the Board and remuneration
The number of SanomaWSOY's Board members was set at ten. Board
members Robert Castrén, Jane Erkko and Paavo Hohti were re-elected,
and Rafaela Seppälä was elected as a new member to the Board. Seppälä
has previously been a member of the SanomaWSOY Board, dating from the
merger in 1999 until the AGM in 2003. Robin Langenskiöld did not seek
re-election.

The Board of Directors of SanomaWSOY consists of Jaakko Rauramo
(Chairman of the Board), Sari Baldauf (Vice Chairman of the Board),
and Robert Castrén, Jane Erkko, Paavo Hohti, Sirkka
Hämäläinen-Lindfors, Seppo Kievari, Rafaela Seppälä, Hannu Syrjänen
and Sakari Tamminen as members.

According to the Articles of Association, the term of Board members
is three years. The Board members' terms have been arranged so that
about one third of the members are elected annually. The term of
Jaakko Rauramo, Sari Baldauf and Sakari Tamminen is three years until
the AGM in 2009, the term of Sirkka Hämäläinen-Lindfors, Seppo
Kievari and Hannu Syrjänen is three years until the AGM in 2010 and
the term of Robert Castrén, Jane Erkko, Paavo Hohti and Rafaela
Seppälä is three years until the AGM in 2011.

The AGM decided to pay the following monthly compensation to members
of the Board:
- EUR 8,500 to the Chairman,
- EUR 6,500 to the Vice Chairman and
- EUR 5,500 to members.

A sum of EUR 1,000 per meeting will be paid to committee members.

Company auditors
The AGM re-appointed Pekka Pajamo, Authorised Public Accountant, and
Sixten Nyman, Authorised Public Accountant, as his deputy, and
chartered accountants KPMG Oy Ab, with Kai Salli, Authorised Public
Accountant, as Auditor in Charge, as the auditors of the Company. The
AGM decided to pay the auditors according to the invoice.

SANOMAWSOY CORPORATION

Matti Salmi
Senior Vice President
Finance and Administration

Additional information: SanomaWSOY's Group Communications, tel +358
105 19 5062 or ir@sanomawsoy.fi

www.sanomawsoy.com
www.sanomawsoy.com/Investors

SanomaWSOY provides information, experiences, education and
entertainment to millions of people. Quality content, products and
services that are creative and customer centric, and efficient
distribution ensure satisfaction for our customers in the more than
20 European countries we operate in. In 2007, SanomaWSOY's net sales
totalled EUR 2.9 billion and our EBIT was EUR 344 million. The Group
employs nearly 20,000 people.

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