STOCKMANN'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON MARCH 18, 2008


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THE STOCKMANN GROUP'S SALES NETWORK EXPANDS TO THE MIDDLE EAST

The Annual General Meeting of Stockmann plc, held in Helsinki on March 18,
2008, adopted the financial statements for the financial year January 1 -
December 31, 2007, granted release from liability to the responsible
officers and resolved to pay a dividend of EUR 1.35 per share for last
year. The Board of Directors' proposals to the Annual General Meeting were
approved without changes. Under a franchising agreement, the Group's sales
network will expand to the Middle East.

Managing Director's review

In his review to Stockmann's Annual General Meeting in Helsinki on March
18, 2008, CEO Hannu Penttilä observed that the transfer of the Swedish
fashion chain Lindex to Stockmann's ownership through a public tender
offer in December was a major acquisition, Finland's second largest last
year.

Stockmann's most recent acquisitions were made back in the 1980s, when
both Hobby Hall and Seppälä became part of the Group. In the ensuing
period organic growth has been achieved both by building out operations in
the domestic market and by expanding via these concepts to new market
areas. Non-core businesses, however, have been trimmed through measures
such as divesting the wholesale business, the Sesto grocery chain and,
most recently, the vehicle trade in 2006.

The Lindex transaction will strengthen the Stockman Group's position in
many ways. Lindex accounts for a share of about 30 per cent on the
Stockmann Group's sales, whereas department store operations make up a
good 50 per cent and the aggregate share of Seppälä and Hobby Hall is just
under 20 per cent.

With the purchase of Lindex, the Stockmann Group has gained a significant
position in the markets of Sweden and Norway, where it has not had
operations previously. Lindex has a very large share of the Swedish and
Norwegian market and operations there are very profitable. While the
Lindex acquisition counterbalances the risk of the Group's eastward
expansion, it also opens up new and immediate opportunities for expanding
in the eastern market. The objective is to start up Lindex's operations in
the fast-growing Russian market before the end of this year. This means
that Stockmann of Finland will be the player who first brings a Swedish
fashion chain to Russia.

The Czech Republic too, where Lindex started operations last autumn, is a
new country for the Stockmann Group. Via Lindex's own purchasing offices,
China, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey also became countries where
the Stockmann Group operates.

Likewise, the Middle East will soon be a new and interesting market area
for Stockmann. According to a Letter of Intent, the Lindex fashion chain
will expand to the Middle East, where operations will be carried on by a
local company, Delta International Establishment, under a franchising
agreement. This company will carry out the store investments, hire the
staff and be responsible for the entire retail sales operations. The first
store is to be opened in Saudi Arabia in September, and six more stores
will be opened there this year. According to plans, a total of 50 stores
will be opened over a five-year period in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United
Arab Emirates and Egypt.

Finland's proportion of Stockmann's operations has now narrowed to about
half, which was the strategic target for 2011 that was previously set by
the Group. It is clear that Finland's share will show a further market
fall over the next few years, because operations and markets are growing
outside Finland.

In summary, the Lindex deal means that the Stockmann Group has grown to
become a more than 16 000-strong company team, which soon will have
operations in 14 countries. The Group's stores span six time zones from
Norway to Novosibirsk.

A dividend of EUR 1.35 per share

The Annual General Meeting passed a resolution that a dividend of EUR 1.35
per share be paid for the 2007 financial year. The total dividend payout
will amount to EUR 72.1 million. The dividend will be paid on April 2,
2008, to those shareholders who on the record date for the dividend
payout, March 25, 2008, have been entered in the Shareholder Register kept
by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd.

Election of the members of the Board of Directors

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with the proposal of
the Board's Appointments and Compensation Committee, that seven members be
elected to seats on the Board and re-elected, in accordance with the
proposal of the committee, LL.M. Christoffer Taxell, Managing Director
Erkki Etola, Managing Director Kaj-Gustaf Bergh, Professor Eva Liljeblom,
Managing Director Kari Niemistö, Director of Sustainable Development
Carola Teir-Lehtinen and Managing Director Henry Wiklund for a term of
office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.

At its organisation meeting on March 18, 2008, the Board of Directors re-
elected LL.M. Christoffer Taxell as its chairman and Managing Director
Erkki Etola as its vice chairman. The Board of Directors re-elected LL.M.
Christoffer Taxell chairman of the Appointments and Compensation Committee
and re-elected as the other members of the committee Managing Director
Erkki Etola, Professor Eva Liljeblom and Managing Director Henry Wiklund.

Auditors

Re-elected as regular auditors were Jari Härmälä, Authorized Public
Accountant, and Henrik Holmbom, Authorized Public Accountant. KPMG Oy Ab,
a firm of independent public accountants, will continue as the deputy
auditor.

Authorization of the Board of Directors to pass a resolution on the
issuance of shares and special rights entitling holders to shares

The Annual General Meeting passed a resolution to authorize the Board of
Directors of the company to decide on the issuance of shares and special
rights entitling holders to shares, as referred to in Chapter 10, Section
1, of the Limited Liability Companies Act in one or more instalments as
follows.

The Board of Directors was authorized to decide on the amount of A Series
and B Series shares to be issued. However, the aggregate number of shares
issued on the basis of the authorization may not exceed 15 000 000 shares.
Issuance of shares and special rights entitling holders to shares can be
carried out in accordance with or in disapplication of the shareholders'
pre-emptive rights (directed issue). The Board of Directors is authorized
to decide on all the terms and conditions concerning the issue of shares
and special rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1, of the Limited
Liability Companies Act.

The authorization is effective for a maximum of three years from the date
of the Annual General Meeting. The authorization does not cancel the
authorization given by the General Meeting on March 20, 2007, and entered
in the Trade Register on May 14, 2007 regarding the right to pass a
resolution on the transfer of own shares (treasury shares).

The purpose of the issuance of shares and/or the issuance of special
rights entitling holders to shares is to reinforce the company's capital
structure by amortizing the debt obtained for the acquisition of AB Lindex
(publ).

Issuing share options to the Loyal Customers of Stockmann

The Annual General Meeting decided that, in disapplication of the
shareholders' pre-emptive rights, a total maximum of 2 500 000 share
options be granted to Stockmann's Loyal Customers without consideration.
There is a weighty financial reason for the issuance of share options
because they are intended to be issued in order to offer loyal customers a
benefit that rewards the purchase loyalty of the loyal customers while
simultaneously strengthening the competitive position of Stockmann. Share
options will be issued to loyal customers, whose purchases in companies
belonging to the Stockmann Group together with purchases originating from
parallel cards directed to the same account during the time period January
1, 2008 - December 31, 2009 amounts to a total of at least EUR 6 000. For
purchases of at least EUR 6 000, a Loyal Customer will receive 20 share
options without consideration. In addition, for each full 500 euros by
which the purchases exceed EUR 6,000, the Loyal Customer will receive an
additional two share options. Each share option entitles its holder to
subscribe for one of the company's Series B shares. The subscription price
is the volume-weighted average price of the Series B share on the Helsinki
Stock Exchange during the period February 1 - February 29, 2008. The
subscription price of a share subscribed for with the share option will be
lowered, by the amount of the dividends that may be declared prior to the
share subscription, on the record date for each dividend payout. The
subscription period for the shares is in May in the years 2011 and 2012.


STOCKMANN plc
Hannu Penttilä
CEO


ANNEXES
Terms and conditions of the Loyal Customer Share Options


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ANNEX


TERMS OF SHARE OPTIONS TO THE LOYAL CUSTOMERS OF STOCKMANN plc 2006

Maximum number of share options

STOCKMANN plc (hereinafter also referred to as the "Company" or
"Stockmann") issues without payment to its loyal customers a maximum of 2
500 000 share options.

Each share option entitles its holder to subscribe for one (1) Series B
share in STOCKMANN plc, with the nominal value of two (2) euros, in
accordance with the share subscription terms set forth below.

Directing of share options

The share options will be issued in deviation from the shareholders' pre-
emption right to subscription to a part of Stockmann's loyal customers and
to the Company's subsidiary, Suomen Pääomarahoitus Oy - Finlands
Kapitalfinansiering Ab, in order to be further issued to Stockmann's loyal
customers in accordance with these terms. It is proposed to deviate from
the shareholders' pre-emption right to subscription because the issuing of
the share options is intended to offer loyal customers, who frequently do
their shopping in the Company's stores, a significant benefit, which may
reward the loyal customers for their purchase loyalty whilst at the same
time strengthens the competitive position of Stockmann.

Issuance of share options

Share options are issued to such private persons who wish to receive
options and who are Stockmann's loyal customers and whose registered
purchases, together with registered purchases originating from parallel
cards directed to the same account, from companies belonging to Stockmann
Group during the time period of 1 January 2008 - 31 December 2009 exceed a
total of EUR 6 000 (six thousand). For purchases of at least EUR 6 000
(six thousand), the loyal customers shall without payment receive 20
(twenty) options. In addition, for every full EUR 500 (five hundred), with
which the purchases, calculated as mentioned above, exceed EUR 6 000, the
loyal customer shall receive additionally two (2) options.

The Company shall at the latest in February 2010 send each loyal customer
entitled to share options a letter, in which the maximum number of share
options granted to the loyal customer is stated. In addition to the
details of the loyal customer card holder, the letter will include
information on the holders of parallel cards directed to the same account
as on 31 December 2009 and the amount of their purchases affecting the
issuance of share options. The share options will be issued when the
Company has received from the loyal customer a written consent to the
offer for the number of share options to be issued.

The intention is that the subsidiary of the Company mentioned above, will
subscribe for options only if this is called for due to any practical
considerations relating to the registering of the options or any other
factors relating to the implementation of the program. If the subsidiary
has subscribed for options, such options shall be divided between the
loyal customers as set forth above.

Should the total amount of options to be issued based on the purchases
exceed 2 500 000 (two million five hundred thousand), the Board of
Directors of the Company shall have the right to reduce the amount of
options to be issued to the loyal customers in such a way that the total
amount of options to be issued will not exceed 2 500 000 (two million five
hundred thousand). In such a case the amount of options issued to the
loyal customer shall be reduced in proportion to the purchases affecting
the amount of options to be issued, however, so that each person entitled
to options will get at least 20 (twenty) options. If this minimum amount
cannot be issued to each loyal customer entitled to options, the Board of
Directors of the Company has the right to change these option subscription
terms and to decide upon any other conditions relating to the issuance of
options in such a case.

To the extent that all options are not issued according to the above, they
will expire on 31 December 2010 unless the Board of Directors of the
Company decides to continue such time period.

The options held by the Company's subsidiary do not entitle to
subscription for shares.

Transfer of options

The options are personal and can be transferred only based on matrimonial
right to property, inheritance or a will. The right to options cannot be
transferred before the options have been issued to the loyal customer. The
loyal customer may, however, transfer his/her right to options, either
wholly or partially, to a holder of a parallel card on 31 December 2009
directed to the same account. The right to options can only be transferred
so that each recipient will receive a minimum of 20 (twenty) options,
except when the amount of options issued to the loyal customer is smaller
than this.

Option Register

When the Company issues the options, it will establish a register
(hereinafter referred to as the "Option Register"), which includes the
following details of the person entitled to the options: name, personal
identification number, address and amount of options. The right to
subscribe for shares is determined based on the Option Register. A person
entitled to options has upon request a right to receive from the Company a
certificate indicating the right to participate in the subscription issue
and its conditions.

Terms of subscription of shares

Subscription of shares based on the share options

The number of shares subscribed for based on the share options may amount
to a maximum of 2 500 000 new Series B shares in Stockmann plc of a
nominal value of two (2) euros. The share capital of the Company may
increase by a maximum of EUR 5 000 000 (five million) and the number of
Series B shares with a maximum of 2 500 000 (two million five hundred
thousand) as a result of the subscriptions.

Share subscription right and the minimum and maximum amount of the
subscription

The right to subscribe for shares is granted to a loyal customer or a
holder of a parallel card, to whom options have been transferred as
described above or to whom the right to options has been transferred based
on matrimonial right to property, inheritance or a will. The Company will
before the commencement of the subscription period send more detailed
instructions relating to the subscription of shares to the persons
entitled to subscription at the address noted in the Option Register.

Each option entitles its holder to subscribe for one (1) Series B share in
STOCKMANN plc of the nominal value of two (2) euros. The minimum amount of
share subscription is 20 (twenty) Series B shares, or a smaller amount of
shares based on the amount of options issued, and the maximum amount the
total amount of options that has been noted in the Option Register of the
subscriber. The part of the share subscription price that exceeds the
nominal value of the share shall be entered into the reserve for invested
unrestricted equity.

The share subscription period

The loyal customer has the right to subscribe for shares during the
subscription period alternatively either 2 May 2011 - 31 May 2011, or 2
May 2012 - 31 May 2012. The person entitled to subscription shall
subscribe for all his/her shares at the same time.

The share subscription price and the subscription of shares

The subscription price for the shares shall be the trading-volume weighted
average price for the Stockmann plc's Series B shares on the Helsinki
Exchange during the period of 1 February - 29 February 2008. The share
subscription price of the share options shall be deducted by the amount of
the dividend decided after the beginning of the period for determination
of the share subscription price but before the share subscription, as per
the dividend record date.

The Board of Directors of the Company shall before the commencement of the
subscription period inform of the subscription price, the place for
subscription and the procedure for subscribing shares. If no other
procedure has been announced, the subscription of shares based on the
share options shall take place at the Head Office of STOCKMANN plc.

The shares shall be paid for when subscribed for.

Approval of subscriptions

The Board of Directors of the Company will approve of all subscriptions
that are made in accordance with the subscription terms and the Option
Register.

The registering of the shares in the book-entry accounts and the
commencement of trade

It is the intention of the Company that the shares shall be registered in
the book-entry account notified by the subscriber by 30 June 2011 and 30
June 2012.

The shares shall be subject to public trade as of the date of the
registration of the increase of share capital in the Trade Register.

Shareholder rights

The shares subscribed for based on the share options shall entitle to
dividend and other shareholder rights as of the date of the registration
of the increase of share capital in the Trade Register.

Issues of shares and of options and other special rights entitling holders
to shares before the share subscription

Should STOCKMANN plc before the end of the share subscription period
increase its share capital or issue share options or other special rights
entitling holders to shares, the share option holders shall have the same
right as, or an equal right to, that of the shareholders. Equality is
reached in the manner determined by the Board of Directors by adjusting
the number of shares available for subscription, the share subscription
price or both of these.

Option holders' rights in certain cases

If STOCKMANN plc decreases its share capital before the share
subscription, the subscription right based on the terms of the share
options shall be adjusted accordingly as specified in the resolution to
decrease the share capital.

If STOCKMANN plc is placed into liquidation before the share subscription,
the share option holders shall be reserved an opportunity to exercise
their share subscription rights within a period of time before the placing
into liquidation set forth by the Board of Directors. After this, the
right to subscription ceases to exist. If STOCKMANN plc is deleted from
the register before the share subscription, the share option holders shall
have the same right as, or an equal right to, that of the shareholders.

If STOCKMANN plc resolves to merge into another company as merging company
or merge with a company to be formed in a combination merger, or if the
Company resolves to be demerged entirely, the share option holders shall,
prior to the merger or demerger, be given the right to subscribe for
shares with their share options within a period of time determined by the
Board of Directors. After this, the right to subscription ceases to exist.

If STOCKMANN plc resolves to acquire its own shares after the commencement
of the share subscription period by an offer to all shareholders, the
share option holders shall be given an equal offer. In any other case, the
acquiring of own shares does not require any actions by the Company as
regards the options.

If a redemption right and obligation to all shares of STOCKMANN plc, as
referred to in Chapter 18 Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act, arises
to any of the shareholders before the end of the share subscription period
on the basis that a shareholder possesses over 90 per cent of the shares
and the voting power of the shares of STOCKMANN plc, or if a redemption
obligation as set forth in the Articles of Association of STOCKMANN plc
arises, the share option holders shall be given a possibility to use their
right to share subscription by virtue of the share options within a period
of time determined by the Board of Directors. After this, the right to
subscription ceases to exist.

If the nominal value of the shares is changed while the share capital
remains unchanged, the share subscription terms of the share options shall
be amended so that the total nominal value of the shares available for
subscription and the total subscription price remain unchanged.

Other matters

The Board of Directors of STOCKMANN plc shall decide on all other matters
relating to the issuance of share options and the subscription of shares,
and shall give more detailed instructions on the procedure for carrying
out the subscriptions. The documents relating to the share options can be
seen at the Company's Head Office in Helsinki.