Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Release 20 August 2014, 11.00 a.m. Nokian Tyres plc: Shares subscribed with option rights After 15 May 2014 registered new shares a total of 65,222 Nokian Tyres plc's shares have been subscribed with the 2010A option rights. These option rights are attached to the Nokian Tyres plc's Option Program of 2010. The subscription time with the 2010A option rights ended on 31 May 2014. New shares have been registered into the Trade Register on 20 August 2014, as of which date the new shares will establish shareholder rights. The share capital will not increase with subscriptions made by 2010 option rights. The entire subscription price of EUR 873,322.58 will be entered in the invested unrestricted equity reserve. As a result of the share subscriptions, the number of Nokian Tyres plc shares will increase to 133,470,833 shares. The shares will be traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd together with the old shares as of 21 August 2014. Identifiers of Nokian Tyres plc's share after the registration of new shares: Trading code: NRE1V ISIN code: FI0009005318 Number of shares: 133,470,833 Share capital: 25,437,906.00 euros Nokian Tyres plc Antti-Jussi Tähtinen Vice President, Marketing and Communications Distribution: NASDAQ OMX, media, www.nokiantyres.com Nokian Tyres is the only tyre manufacturer in the world that focuses on customer needs in northern conditions. The company supplies innovative tyres for cars, trucks and special heavy machinery mainly in areas with special challenges on tyre performance: snow, forests and harsh driving conditions in different seasons. Nokian Tyres’ product development is consistently aiming for sustainable solutions for safety and the environment, taking into account the whole life cycle of the tyre. A part of the Nokian Tyres group, the tyre chain Vianor has 1,260 outlets in 27 countries. In 2013 Nokian Tyres had over 4,000 employees and net sales of 1,5 billion euros. Nokian Tyres’ share is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. Further information: www.nokiantyres.com