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The Board of Directors of Nokian Tyres plc resolved on a key employees incentive plan

Nokia, Finland, 2013-04-30 07:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nokian Tyres plc
Stock Exchange Release  30 April 2013 at 8.00 a.m. 

The Board of Directors of Nokian Tyres plc resolved on a key employees
incentive plan 

The Board of Directors of Nokian Tyres Plc has approved a new share based
incentive plan for the Group key employees. The aim of the new Plan is to
combine the objectives of the shareholders and the key employees in order to
increase the value of the Company, to commit the key employees to the Company,
and to offer them a competitive reward plan based on earning the Company's
shares. 

The new Plan includes three performance periods, calendar years 2013, 2014 and
2015. The Board of Directors of the Company will decide on the performance
criteria and their targets for a performance period at the beginning of each
performance period. The potential reward from the performance period 2013 will
be based on the Nokian Tyres Group´s Net Sales and Operating Profit. 

Rewards from performance period 2013 will be paid partly in the Company's
shares and partly in cash in 2015. The cash proportion is intended to cover
taxes and tax-related costs arising from the rewards to the key employees. No
reward will mainly be paid, if the key employee's employment or service ends
before reward payment. The shares paid as reward may not be transferred during
an approximately two-year restriction period established for the shares. For
shares earned on the basis of performance period 2013 the restriction period
will end on 31 December 2016. 

The Plan is directed to approximately 40 people. The rewards to be paid on the
basis of the performance period 2013 correspond to an approximate maximum total
of 100,000 Nokian Tyres Plc shares and including also the proportion to be paid
in cash. 



Nokian Tyres Plc

Antti-Jussi Tähtinen
Vice President, Marketing and Communications



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