Helsinki Court of Appeal decision in the matter between VR Ltd and Componenta Karkkila Oy

Helsinki Court of Appeal has today announced its decision according to which Componenta CPC Oy (now called Componenta Karkkila Oy) is ordered to compensate VR Ltd (Finnish Railways) a total of approximately EUR 1.9 million including interest of delay from 16 June 1997 in compensation for train wheels supplied and indirect costs. This total sum also includes compensation for VR Ltd's legal costs in the matter.

The Court of Appeal has thereby upheld the Helsinki District Court's prior decision in the matter of 31 December 2003. The decision of the Court of Appeal relates to a contract to supply train wheels signed in 1990 and wheels supplied in 1991 and 1992.

Componenta is recording the above compensation order of the Helsinki Court of Appeal amounting to approximately EUR 1.9 million in the result for the last quarter of 2007 as a one-time item.

Helsinki 20 December 2007

COMPONENTA CORPORATION

Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO



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Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO
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