Decisions of Componenta's Annual Shareholders' Meeting

Decisions of Componenta's Annual Shareholders' Meeting The Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Componenta Corporation, held on 12 February 2003, approved, in accordance with the Articles of Association, the 2002 financial statements and the proposal by the Board of Directors for the distribution of profits, and granted release to the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO for the period. According to the decision of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting Componenta Corporation will pay a dividend of EUR 0.10 per share, a total of EUR 961,530.90. The record date of the dividends is 17 February 2003. Payment of the dividend will begin on 24 February 2003, from which date the dividends will be available to shareholders in their bank accounts or, for dividends paid by postal order, ready for postal delivery to shareholders. The Annual Shareholders' Meeting elected Heikki Bergholm, Heikki Lehtonen, Juhani Mäkinen and Matti Tikkakoski to the Board of Directors. Kari Miettinen, APA, was elected as auditor and Pricewaterhouse Coopers Oy, Authorised Public Accountants, was elected as deputy auditor. The Board of Directors had an initial meeting after the Annual Shareholders' Meeting and elected Heikki Bergholm as its Chairman and Juhani Mäkinen as Vice Chairman. Helsinki, 12 February 2003 COMPONENTA CORPORATION Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO Further information: Heikki Lehtonen President and CEO tel. +358 9 225 021 Sirpa Koskinen CFO tel. +358 9 225 021 Componenta is a metal sector company with international operations and production plants located in Finland and Sweden. The company's net sales exceed EUR 180 million and the group employs about 1,700 people. Componenta's shares are quoted on the Main List of the Helsinki Exchanges. The group's customers operate in the heavy truck, power and transmission, machine building and off-road industries. Componenta specializes in supplying ready-to-install cast, geared and machined components directly to the customer's assembly line. Componenta Corporation World Trade Center Helsinki, Aleksanterinkatu 17 P.O. Box 1132, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland Tel. +358 9 225 021 Fax +358 9 2250 2721 http://www.componenta.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/12/20030212BIT00910/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/12/20030212BIT00910/wkr0002.pdf