SUMMONS TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF

Tue, Mar 06, 2001 11:00 CET

BIOHIT PLC.  STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT  6.3.2001 AT 12:00    1 (2)

SUMMONS TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF BIOHIT PLC.


The  shareholders  of  Biohit Plc. are invited to  attend  the  Annual
General  Meeting  of  Biohit Plc. to be held at Restaurant  Pörssi  on
Tuesday,  March  27,  2001 at 16:00, address: Fabianinkatu  14,  00100
Helsinki.

Agenda

The  issues  to be handled are those pertaining to the Annual  General
Meeting  as  stipulated  by Article 11 of the  Company's  Articles  of
Association. In addition, the Board of Directors propose that  Article
10 of the Articles of Association be changed as follows:

"Article  10  The shareholders must be notified of the Annual  General
Meeting by an announcement published at earliest two (2) months and at
latest seventeen (17) days before the Meeting in at least one national
newspaper stipulated by the Annual General Meeting.

In order for the shareholder to participate in the meeting he/she must
notify  the  Company at latest on the day mentioned  in  the  summons,
which  can  at  earliest be ten (10) days before  the  Annual  General
Meeting."

Documents

The  documents pertaining to the final accounts of the Company and the
proposals by the Board of Directors to the Annual General Meeting  are
available  for  review by shareholders as of March  16,  2001  at  the
Corporate Headquarters, address Laippatie 1, 00880 Helsinki. Copies of
the documents will be submitted to shareholders upon request.

Right of Participation and Notification

Shareholders who on March 16, 2001 at the latest have been  listed  on
the   shareholder  register  of  the  Company,  maintained  by  Suomen
Arvopaperikeskus Oy, have the right to participate in the Meeting.

Shareholders  who have not transferred their shares to the  book-entry
securities  system  are  also entitled to participate  in  the  Annual
General  Meeting, provided that the shareholders have been  registered
in  the  corporate register of shareholders before April 10, 1995.  In
this case the shareholder is liable to present proof that the right of
ownership of his/her shares has not been transferred to any book-entry
securities account.



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Shareholders wishing to participate in the Annual General Meeting must
notify   the   Company  of  their  participation  to   the   Corporate
Headquarters no later than March 23, 2001 by 14:00 either  in  writing
to:  Biohit  Plc.,  Annual  General Meeting, Laippatie  1,  FIN-00880,
Helsinki, by e-mail to: yhtiokokous@biohit.fi, by telefax to:  +358-9-
773  86  205 or by telephone to: +358-9-773 861 (exchange). Any powers
of   attorney  must  be  submitted  by  mail  before  closing  of  the
registration period.

Distribution of Dividend

The Board of Directors will propose to the Annual General Meeting that
the Company will not distribute any dividends for fiscal year 2000.

Helsinki, March 6, 2001

Biohit Plc.
Board of Directors

Biohit Plc.
Helena Hentola
Information Management & Communications

http://www.biohit.com

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