Increase of share capital based on subscriptions with warrants in Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj


Pursuant to Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj's Bond Loan with Warrants of 1998, 15 200 shares subscribed with the warrants have been registered in the Trade Register on November 4, 2002. As a result of the subscriptions, the company's registered share capital was increased by EUR 15 200 from EUR 13 776 401 to EUR 13 791 601 and the total amount of authorized shares increased to 13 791 601. The new shares entitle to dividends for the financial year 2002 and to all other shareholders' rights as of the registration date November 4, 2002.

The new shares will be joined to the old shares and are available for public trading on the main list of the Helsinki Exchanges on November 5, 2002. A total of 430 615 shares have been subscribed with warrants on November 4, 2002.

JAAKKO PÖYRY GROUP OYJ

Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen
President and CEO

Teuvo Salminen
Deputy to President and CEO

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