The Board of Directors of AvestaPolarit Oyj Abp has at its meeting today
decided to authorise Chief Executive Officer Ossi Virolainen to apply
for the delisting of AvestaPolarit shares from the Helsinki and
Stockholm stock exchanges. It is expected that the delisting process will be completed earliest at the end of calendar year 2002 and latest as soon as all outstanding
shares in AvestaPolarit have been acquired by Outokumpu.
