Lännen Tehtaat - Decisions of general meeting

DECISIONS BY THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC

LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE     2 April 2008 at 4;45 p.m.         


DECISIONS BY THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC                   

The Annual General Meeting on 2 April, 2008 approved the financial statements   
for the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2007, discharged the members of  
the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability. The
AGM decided to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.85 per share. The Board of        
Directors' proposals to amend the articles of association, to acquire Lännen    
Tehtaat shares and to issue new shares were approved without changes.           

DIVIDEND                                                                        

The Annual General Meeting decided to distribute as dividend EUR 0.85 per share 
on the financial year 2007. The dividend will be paid on 15 April 2008 to       
shareholders whose shares are registered by the Finnish Central Securities      
Depository Ltd on the record date 7 April 2008. No dividend will be paid on     
shares held by the company                                                      

AMENDING THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION                                            

The Annual General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposal concerning 
the maximum age at which a person may be elected to the Board of Directors and  
to the Supervisory Board.                                                       

New section 5 paragraph 1:                                                      
By decision of the Supervisory Board the Board of Directors consists of no fewer
than five and no more than seven members. Persons aged 68 or above may not be   
elected to the Board of Directors.                                              

New section 8 paragraph 1:                                                      
The Supervisory Board consists of no fewer than 15 and no more than 20 members  
elected by the shareholders' meeting. Persons aged 68 or above may not be       
elected to the Supervisory Board.                                               

AUTHORIZATION TO ACQUIRE LÄNNEN TEHTAAT SHARES                                  

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the   
acquisition of a maximum total of 250,878 Lännen Tehtaat shares for the company 
using untied equity, under the following conditions:                            

Shares may be acquired for the purpose of developing the company's capital      
structure, financing or implementing corporate acquisitions or other            
arrangements, implementing share-based incentive systems, or for onward transfer
or annulment.                                                                   

Shares may be acquired in one or more lots, to a maximum total of 250,878       
shares. The combined number of Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the company        
following this acquisition must not, however, exceed five (5) per cent of the   
total number of Lännen Tehtaat shares. The Board is entitled to decide on how to
proceed in acquiring shares.                                                    

The shares will be acquired in public trading on the Helsinki stock exchange    
(OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy), and the current value at the time of the     
transaction will be paid for the shares. During the validity of the             
authorization, the minimum price of the shares shall be the lowest price quoted 
in public trading, and the maximum price correspondingly shall be the highest   
price quoted in public trading. The acquisition price will be paid to the       
parties selling the shares within the period of payment specified by the rules  
of OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy and the Finnish Central Securities           
Depository.                                                                     

Because this acquisition will be performed by buying shares in public trading,  
the shares will not be acquired in accordance with the holding percentages of   
the shareholders.                                                               

The share acquisition will decrease the company's distributable untied equity.  
The Board will decide on any other terms and conditions related to the company's
acquisition of its own shares.                                                  

The authorization is valid until the next AGM.                                  

AUTHORIZATION FOR SHARE ISSUE                                                   

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on the   
issuing of new shares and on the transfer of Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the  
company in one or more lots in a share issue, to a total of no more than 947,635
shares, under the following conditions:                                         

The share issue authorization covers all the Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the  
company on the date of the Board proposal (65,000 shares). The authorization    
further covers all the Lännen Tehtaat shares to be acquired by the Board for the
company under the authorization, given on 2 April 2008, to acquire Lännen       
Tehtaat shares. The maximum number of Lännen Tehtaat shares that may be acquired
under this authorization is 250,878.                                            

The maximum number of new shares that can be issued is 631,757, and the maximum 
number of Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the company that can be issued is       
315,878.                 

The subscription price for each of the new shares must be at least the nominal  
share value of EUR 2. The transfer price for Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the  
company must be at least the current value of the share at the time of transfer,
which is determined by the price quoted in public trading on the Helsinki stock 
exchange (OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki Oy). However, in the case of share-based 
incentive systems, shares can be issued without remuneration.                   

The authorization includes the right                                            
-  to deviate from the shareholders' pre-emptive subscription right (targeted   
issue) if the company has a substantial financial reason to do so, such as      
development of the company's capital structure, financing and implementing      
corporate acquisitions or other arrangements, or building a share-based         
incentive system;                                                               
-  to offer shares not only against money payment but also against capital      
consideration in kind or under other specified terms or by exercising right of  
set-off;                                                                        
-  to decide on the subscription price of shares and other conditions of and    
matters related to the share issue.                                             

The authorization is valid until the next AGM. The authorization will revoke the
earlier authorization to issue shares, given on 29 March 2007, and the          
authorization to transfer Lännen Tehtaat shares held by the company given on the
same date.                                                                      

ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD AND THE AUDITORS               

Marja-Liisa Mikola-Luoto, Juha Nevavuori, Tuomo Raininko, Helena Walldén and    
Mauno Ylinen were re-elected to the Supervisroy Board. Mika Leikkonen and Esko  
Suomala were elected as new members.    

Hannu Pellinen, APA, and PricewaterCoopers Oy  Authorized Public Accountants    
with Tomi Moisio, APA, CPFA as responsible auditor, were elected as auditors.   

The Annual General Meeting decided that the yearly fee paid to the Supervisory  
Board's chairman is EUR 7,500, and to the deputy chairman EUR 5,000. The meeting
allowance paid to the members of the Supervisory Board is EUR 250. In addition, 
daily allowances and compensation for travelling expenses are paid in accordance
with the general travel rules of Lännen Tehtaat. The auditors' fees are paid as 
per invoice.                                                                    


LÄNNEN TEHTAAT PLC                                                              

Matti Karppinen                                                                 
CEO                                                                             


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