AvestaPolarit Applies for De-listing


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 7, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- AvestaPolarit's (Stockholm:AVPO) Board authorized, in its meeting on October 24, the company's Chief Executive Officer, Ossi Virolainen, to apply for de-listing of the AvestaPolarit share from both the Helsinki and Stockholm stock exchanges.

The applications have been filed with the stock exchanges today, with the request that the last day of trading with the shares would be December 30, 2002.

Contact for further inquiries:


Hannele Obrink, Manager - Investor Relations
Telephone: 09-5764 5547 or +46 70 652 1032
e-mail: hannele.obrink@avestapolarit.com

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