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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 2

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Fiskars Corporation                         STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
                                      March 13, 2003 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 2003

The Annual General Meeting of shareholders approved the financial
statements for 2002 on March 13, 2003. A dividend of euro 0,70 per
share was declared for A-shares and euro 0,68 per share for
K-shares. The dividend will be paid on March 25, 2003.

The members of the Board and the President were discharged from
responsibility for the previous year.

The Annual General Meeting decided to change the Company’s
Articles of Association. The first paragraph of Article 6 was
amended so that the Board of Directors consists of at least five
and not more than nine ordinary members. A maximum of three deputy
members can be elected. The Board of Directors and the deputy
members’ term of office will end at the closure of the next
Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting following the election. Item 12 of
the Article 14 was amended accordingly.

The number of Board members was decided to be six and deputy
members to be two.

The retiring Board members, Göran J. Ehrnrooth and Thomas Tallberg
as well as the retiring deputy members Paul Ehrnrooth and
Alexander Ehrnrooth were re-elected.

When the amendment in the Articles of Association has been
registered the term of office of all Board members and deputy
members will expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting in
2004.

KPMG Wideri Oy Ab was elected auditor.

The Annual General Meeting decided to authorize the Board of
Directors to acquire at the Helsinki Exchanges, within the period
of one year from March 13, 2003 a maximum of 1,962,303 of the
company's own shares of series A and a maximum of 805,918 of
series K in a proportion deviating from the shareholders' existing
proportionate holdings at share prices quoted on the Helsinki
Exchanges at the time of such acquisition.

The Annual General Meeting decided to authorize the Board of
Directors to decide within the period of one year from 13 March
2003 to sell a maximum of 1,962,303 Fiskars shares of series A and
a maximum of 805,918 Fiskars shares of series K acquired pursuant
to the Board's authorization.

The Annual General Meeting decided to increase the share capital
by minimum 100 euros and maximum 525,000 euros through a directed
issue to the holders of Fiskars warrants of series C.

Fiskars Corporation will publish the Interim Report January to
March 2003, on May 9, 2003.

Fiskars Corporation



Bertel Langenskiöld
President and CEO

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