Nokian Renkaat - Company Announcement

SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTION RIGHTS; NOKIAN TYRES PLC

Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Announcement August 20, 2009 10.00 am

SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTION RIGHTS; NOKIAN TYRES PLC 

After May 25, 2009 registered increase in share capital a total of 400 Nokian
Tyres plc's shares have been subscribed with the 2004C option rights. These
option rights are attached to the Nokian Tyres plc's Option Programs of 2004. 

An increase in share capital totalling 80 euros was entered into the Trade
Register on August 20, 2009. 

The shares will be traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd together with the old
shares as of August 21, 2009. 

Identifiers of Nokian Tyres plc's share after the increase in share capital:  

Trading code: NRE1V
ISIN code: FI0009005318
Number of shares: 124,848,890

After the increase, Nokian Tyres plc's share capital is 24,969,778.00
euros. 

Nokian Tyres plc

Antti-Jussi Tähtinen
Marketing and Communications, Vice President


Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd, media, www.nokiantyres.com