Notice of Annual General Meeting

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Notice is given to the shareholders of Componenta Corporation of the Annual General Meeting, which will be held at 11 am on Monday, 25 February 2008 at the company’s headquarters in Käpylä, in the auditorium of the Sato building, at the address Panuntie 4, 00610 Helsinki.

THE FOLLOWING MATTERS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THE MEETING:

1. Matters to be considered by the Annual General Meeting pursuant to article 11 of the Articles of Association

2. Proposal by the Board of Directors to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of the company’s own shares

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on the repurchase of own shares using the unrestricted shareholders’ equity of the company. The authorization is proposed to cover a maximum of 1,000,000 own shares. The shares shall be repurchased through public trading, for which reason the shares are repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the holdings of the shareholders. The authorization does not exclude the right of the Board of Directors to resolve on a directed share repurchase. The authorization is in force for a period of 18 months from the resolution by the Annual General Meeting.

3. Dividend for 2007

The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of fifty (50) cents per share is paid for 2007.

Provided that the Annual General Meeting approves the proposal by the Board of Directors on dividend for 2007, the dividend shall be paid to shareholders registered in the shareholders’ register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on the record date, 28 February 2008, as determined by the Board of Directors. The dividend shall be paid on the fifth banking day following the record date.

4. Election of members of the Board of Directors and auditor

Shareholders representing more than 10 percent of all the votes in the company have communicated that they will propose to the Annual General Meeting that the current members of the Board of Directors are re-elected for the following term of office and that the Authorised Public Accounting firm Oy Audicon Ab is elected as auditor.

PARTICIPATION

Shareholders who are registered as shareholders in the company’s shareholder register no later than 15 February 2008 are entitled to attend the meeting.

REGISTRATION

Shareholders desiring to attend the Annual General Meeting shall register no later than 18 February 2008 by letter to Componenta Corporation, Panuntie 4, 00610 Helsinki, Finland, by telephone on +358 010 403 2744, by fax to +358 010 403 2721 or by e-mail to ir.componenta@componenta.com. The registration letter or message shall arrive before the end of the period for registration. Any powers of attorney are requested to be sent to the mentioned address in connection with the registration.



DISPLAY OF DOCUMENTS

The financial statements and other documents specified in the Companies Act will be available for review on the company’s web-pages at www.componenta.com as of 18 February 2008. The documents will also be on display at the Annual General Meeting. Copies of the aforementioned documents will be sent to shareholders upon request.


Helsinki, 4 February 2008

COMPONENTA CORPORATION
Board of Directors


Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO



Further information:

Heikki Lehtonen
President and CEO
tel. +358 10 403 00

Mika Hassinen
CFO
tel. +358 10 403 00

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