Nokian Tyres to adjust production output


Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Release 17 September 2014, 1:00 p.m.

Nokian Tyres to adjust production output

Nokian Tyres will start statutory negotiations on 25 September 2014 at its Nokia
car tyre production plant to adjust the production to meet the market situation.
With the negotiations the company aims to adjust the utilization of the
production capacity and create cost savings.

The agenda of the negotiations includes planned production downtime, possible
changes in shift manning, and productivity improvement measures. The possible
adjustments have been planned to be done mainly with temporary layoffs during
end of 2014 and 2015. The negotiations concern approximately 570 workers and
staff in production, maintenance and quality departments at Nokia plant.
Possible personnel cuts will amount to a maximum of 9 persons.

Nokian Tyres downgraded already in April its financial outlook for 2014, due to
the weakened economic outlook in Russia and CIS countries, and estimates for car
and car tyre sales have continued to decline in these areas. The company
continues to estimate sales growth in its western markets in 2014.

Nokian Tyres plc

Antti-Jussi Tähtinen
Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Further information: Mr. Esa Eronen, VP Production Technology, tel: +358 500 730
864

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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