Atria Group Plc's shareholders are invited to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Thursday, 3 May 2007, starting at 2pm, at the company's premises in Kuopio (Ankkuritie 2, FI-70460 Kuopio, Finland). The AGM will address the following: 1. Matters to be addressed at the AGM as set out in Article 16 of the Articles of Association. 2. Board of Directors' proposal to authorise the Board of Directors to decide on share issues The Board of Directors proposes that the authorisation to decide on share issues be granted as follows. The proposed authorisation would supersede the authorisation for the subscription of new shares that is valid until 3 May 2007. The Board of Directors proposes that the AGM authorise it to decide on one or more share issues, in which a maximum of 10,000,000 new company Series A shares with a nominal value of EUR 1.70 can be issued. The share issue must increase the company's share capital by at least the total nominal value of the issued shares. The Board of Directors' authorisation concerns cash share issues. The share issue can also be directed if there is a significant economic reason for this from the viewpoint of the company. The Board of Directors shall be authorised to decide on all terms and conditions regarding the share issue. The authorisation shall be valid for five years from the date of the decision taken by the AGM. 3. Board of Directors' proposal to authorise the Board of Directors to decide on increasing the share capital. The Board of Directors proposes that the AGM authorise the Board to decide on one or more share capital increases, in which the company's share capital can be increased by EUR 850,000 maximum. The authorisation shall be valid for five years from the date of the decision taken by the AGM. 4. Board of Directors' proposal to amend the Articles of Association Due to the new Finnish Companies Act, which entered into force in September 2006, the Board of Directors proposes that the current Articles of Association be replaced by new Articles of Association. The proposal includes the following amendments: - Article 3 concerning minimum and maximum share capital shall be removed. The provisions concerning the minimum and maximum number of shares shall be removed from Article 5. - The provision regarding the Supervisory Board's right to hire and terminate the employment of the President and the Vice President, as well as decide on their remuneration, shall be removed from Article 9 concerning the Supervisory Board. The statement regarding the President being appointed by the Supervisory Board shall be removed from Article 10 concerning the President. - The wording of Article 11 concerning the right to sign the company's business name shall be changed so that it defines the right to represent the company in lieu of the right to sign for the company, as required by the new Companies Act. - Article 14 concerning the financial year shall be removed. - Article 15 concerning the venue of General Meetings, Notice of Meeting and registration shall be amended in accordance with the new Companies Act. - Due to the removed provisions, the numbering of Articles 4-15in the Articles of Association will change. Financial statements documentation and proposals of the Board of Directors The documentation associated with the financial statements and the proposals of the Board of Directors mentioned above in Sections 2, 3 and 4 above, with their appendices, will be on view for shareholders as of 26 April 2007 at the company's office in Seinäjoki(address: Vaasantie 1, FI-60100 Seinäjoki, Finland) and at the company's Kuopio office (address: Ankkuritie 2, FI-70460 Kuopio, Finland), as well as on the company web site at www.atria.fi. Copies of the documents will be sent to shareholders upon request. Participation in and registration for the AGM The right to attend the Annual General Meeting exists for shareholders who were recorded as shareholders on 23 April 2007 in the company's shareholder register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd, unless otherwise stated by law. In order to exercise the right to attend the Annual General Meeting, shareholders must notify the company of their intention to do so by 4pm on Friday 27 April 2007. Shareholders may register by mail addressed to Atria Group Plc, Liisa Liukku, PO Box 900, FI-60060 Atria, Finland, or by phone +358 6 416 8306, or by email liisa.liukku@atria.fi by the due date mentioned. The letter of notification must reach its destination before the close of the registration period. Letters of attorney are also to be sent to the place of registration before the close of the registration period. Auditors Shareholders in possession of a voting majority in the company have informed the company that they intend to propose that the company's present auditors, chartered accountants Pekka Loikkanen and Eero Suomela, be elected to continue as such, and that the firm of chartered accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy and chartered accountant Markku Tynjälä be appointed as deputy auditors until the closing of the next AGM. Distribution of dividends The Board of Directors has decided to propose to the AGM that a dividend of EUR 0.595 be paid for each share for the financial year 2006. According to the proposal, the dividends are to be paid to those shareholders who are entered in the company's register of shareholders kept by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on the record date. The record date for the dividend payment is 8 May 2007, and the date of payment of the dividend is 15 May 2007. Nurmo, 26 February 2007 ATRIA GROUP PLC Board of Directors DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Exchanges Principal media www.atria.fi