Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Announcement February 26, 2008 10 am SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTION RIGHTS; NOKIAN TYRES PLC After December 20, 2007 registered increase in share capital a total of 898,690 Nokian Tyres plc's shares have been subscribed with the 2004A option rights and 35,730 with the option rights 2004B. These option rights are attached to the Nokian Tyres plc's Option Programs of 2004. An increase in share capital totalling 186,884 euros was entered into the Trade Register on February 26, 2008. The shares will be traded on the Helsinki Exchanges together with the old shares as of February 27, 2008. Identifiers of Nokian Tyres plc's share after the increase in share capital: Trading code: NRE1V ISIN code: FI0009005318 Number of shares: 124,630,700 After the increase, Nokian Tyres plc's share capital is 24,926,140.00 euros. Nokian Tyres plc Raila Hietala-Hellman Vice President, Corporate Communications