SHARES SUBSCRIBED WITH OPTION RIGHTS; NOKIAN TYRES PLC


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