Nokian Renkaat - Company Announcement

SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTION RIGHTS; NOKIAN TYRES PLC

Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Announcement February 25,2009 10.00 am

SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTION RIGHTS; NOKIAN TYRES PLC 

After December 9, 2008 registered increase in share capital a total of 400
Nokian Tyres plc's shares have been subscribed with the 2004B option rights and
200 shares with 2004C option rights. These option rights are attached to the
Nokian Tyres plc's Option Programs of 2004. 

An increase in share capital totalling 120 euros was entered into the Trade
Register on February 25, 2009. 

The shares will be traded on the Helsinki Exchanges together with the old
shares as of February 26, 2009. 

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

Trading code: NRE1V
ISIN code: FI0009005318
Number of shares: 124,846,590

After the increase, Nokian Tyres plc's share capital is 24,969,318.00
euros. 

Nokian Tyres plc

Raila Hietala-Hellman
Vice President, Corporate Communications


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