Componenta - Decisions of general meeting

Resolutions by the Annual General Meeting of Componenta

Stock Exchange Release 23.2.2009 at 13.00

Resolutions by the Annual General Meeting of Componenta

The Annual General Meeting of Componenta Corporation, held on 23 February 2009,
approved the financial statement for the financial year 1 January - 31 December
2008, as well as discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the
President and CEO from liability. The Annual General Meeting decided to
distribute a dividend of thirty (30) cents per share for the financial year 1
January - 31 December 2008. The proposal of the Board of Directors to the
Annual General Meeting was fifty (50) cents per share that was the same as the
dividend distributed for the year 2007. Dividend will be paid to shareholders
registered in the shareholders' register maintained by the Euroclear Finland
Ltd on the record date, 26 February 2009. The dividend will be paid on the
fifth banking day following the record date, 5 March 2009. 

The Annual General Meeting elected Heikki Bergholm, Yrjö Julin, Heikki
Lehtonen, Juhani Mäkinen, Marjo Raitavuo and Matti Tikkakoski as members of the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors had an initial meeting after the
Annual General Meeting and elected Heikki Bergholm as its Chairman and Juhani
Mäkinen as Vice Chairman. The Annual General Meeting elected APA firm, Oy
Audicon Ab, as the company's auditor. 

The Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors, in
accordance with its proposal, to resolve on the repurchase of own shares as
follows: 

The authorization covers a maximum of 1,000,000 own shares using the
unrestricted shareholders' equity of the company. 

The shares shall be repurchased through public trading, for which reason the
shares are repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the holdings of the
shareholders. The purchase of the shares shall be based on the market price of
Componenta's share in public trading. The repurchases shall be carried out on
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in accordance with its rules and regulations. 
The Board of Directors may not implement the authorization to repurchase own
shares if, following the repurchase, the company or its subsidiary would
possess or hold as pledge more than ten (10) per cent of all shares of the
company. The authorization does not exclude the right of the Board of Directors
to resolve on a directed share repurchase 

The authorization is in force for a period of 18 months from the resolution by
the General Meeting. 

The corresponding authorization by the 2008 Annual General Meeting to the Board
of Directors on the repurchase of own shares was revoked. 

Helsinki, 23 February 2009 

COMPONENTA CORPORATION

Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO

Further information:
Heikki Lehtonen, President and CEO, tel. +358 10 403 00


Componenta is a metal sector company with international operations and
production plants located in Finland, Turkey, the Netherlands and Sweden. The
net sales of Componenta were EUR 681 million in 2008. The Group employs 4,500
people. Componenta's shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Componenta
specializes in supplying cast and machined components and total solutions made
of them to its global customers who are manufacturers of vehicles, machines and
equipment. 
Componenta  Corporation 
Panuntie 4, FI-00610 Helsinki , Finland
Tel. +358 10 403 00, Fax +358 10 403 2721
www.componenta.com

Attachments:

release_agm_resolutions_23022009.pdf