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Nokian Tyres Plc: Shares subscribed with option rights

Nokia, Finland, 2012-08-21 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nokian Tyres plc 
Stock Exchange Release 21 August 2012  9.00 a.m. 

Nokian Tyres Plc: Shares subscribed with option rights

After 22 May 2012 registered new shares a total of 1,000 Nokian Tyres plc's
shares have been subscribed with the 2007B option rights, 62,636 with the 2007C
option rights and 150 with the 2010A option rights. These option rights are
attached to the Nokian Tyres plc's Option Programs of 2007 and 2010. 

New shares have been registered into the Trade Register on 21 August 2012, as
of which date the new shares will establish shareholder rights. 

The share capital will not increase with subscriptions made by 2007 and 2010
option rights. The entire subscription price of EUR 425,007.54 will be entered
in the invested unrestricted equity reserve. As a result of the share
subscriptions, the number of Nokian Tyres plc shares will increase to
131,926,512 shares. 

The shares will be traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd together with the old
shares as of 22 August 2012. 

Identifiers of Nokian Tyres plc's share after the registration of new shares:

Trading code: NRE1V

ISIN code: FI0009005318

Number of shares: 131 926 512

Share capital:  25 437 906.00 euros



Nokian Tyres plc

Antti-Jussi Tähtinen
Vice President, Marketing and Communications

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