NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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FISKARS CORPORATION     STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    14 February, 2008 at 8.45 am  

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                                                


The shareholders of Fiskars Corporation are invited to attend the Annual General
Meeting scheduled at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. The meeting will be  
held at the Helsinki Fair Centre, the Congress Wing (Messuaukio 1, Helsinki).   


The following matters will be on the agenda:                                    

1. Matters pertaining to the Annual General Meeting as stated in Article 14 of  
the Articles of Association and the Companies Act                               

2. Amendment of the Articles of Association                                     

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting decides to amend the   
Articles of Association due to the new Companies Act, which entered into force  
on September 1, 2006, as follows:                                               

- the stipulations on the minimum and maximum amount of the company's share     
capital and number of shares will be deleted, the dividend subsection is        
clarified, and the mentioning of the reserve fund is deleted (3 §)              
- the stipulations concerning the record date will be deleted (5 §)             
- the stipulations regarding the deputy members, Board's term of office,        
election of the Chairman and quorum will be deleted (6 §)                       
- 7 § will be deleted                                                           
- the terminology concerning the representation of the company will be adjusted
(8 §) 
- 9 § will be deleted                                                           
- 10 § will be deleted                                                          
- references to the date for the General Meeting will be deleted (11 §)         
- 12 § will be deleted                                                          
- second paragraph of 13 § will be deleted                                      
- the agenda of the Annual general Meeting will be amended to correspond to the 
Companies Act (14 §).                                                           

3. The Board of Directors' proposal for an authorization to the Board of        
Directors to acquire the Company's own shares                                   

The Board proposes that the General Meeting authorize the Board to acquire with 
the company's distributable equity the company's own shares altogether no more  
than 3,875,509 of which no more than 2,747,224 are series A shares and no more  
than 1,128,285 are series K shares, taking into consideration the provisions of 
the Companies Act regarding the maximum amount of own shares that the Company is
allowed to possess. The proposed amount corresponds to less than 5 percent of   
the company's total amount of shares.                                           

The shares may be acquired in one or more lots. The share price will not be     
higher than the highest price paid for Fiskars Corporation shares in public     
trading at the time of purchase. The acquisition of shares reduces the company's
unrestricted equity.                                                            

The authorization may be used to acquire shares to be used as consideration in  
future corporate acquisitions or industrial reorganizations or for the          
development of the capital structure of the company, or as part of its          
management incentive system.                                                    

This authorization shall remain in force until the end of the next Annual       
General Meeting.                                                                

4. The Board of Directors' proposal for an authorization to the Board of        
Directors to convey the Company's own shares                                    

The Board proposes that the General Meeting authorize the Board to convey the   
company's own shares of a maximum of 2,747,224 of series A shares and a maximum 
of 1,128,285 of series K shares.                                                

The Board shall be authorized to determine to whom and in what order the        
company's shares shall be conveyed. The Board may decide on the conveyance of   
the shares otherwise than in proportion to the shareholders' pre-emptive        
subscription rights.                                                            

The Board shall decide on the conveyance price of the shares and on other       
related terms, and the shares may be conveyed for other consideration than cash.
The authorization includes the right to set the principles used to determine the
conveyance price. The shares may be conveyed as consideration in future         
corporate acquisitions or industrial reorganizations or for the development of  
the capital structure of the company, or as part of its management incentive    
system. The shares may be conveyed also through public trading.                 

This authorization shall be in force until the end of the next Annual General   
Meeting.                                                                        


Annual General Meeting documents                                                

Copies of the financial statements and the proposals of the Board of Directors  
will be available for shareholders for inspection as of March 18, 2008 at       
Fiskars Corporation's central office at Mannerheimintie 14 A, Helsinki as well  
as on the company's web site www.fiskars.fi. Copies of the documents will be    
mailed to shareholders upon request.                                            

Right to attend the meeting                                                     

A shareholder who at the latest on March 14, 2008 is registered as shareholder  
in the shareholders' register of the company maintained by Finnish Central      
Securities Depository Limited has the right to attend the General Meeting. In   
order to enable participation at the General Meeting, nominee registered        
shareholders shall contact the relevant account holder so that a temporary      
registration at the latest March 14, 2008 can be made in the shareholders'      
register.                                                                       

Notification of participation                                                   

Shareholders wishing to attend the General Meeting shall notify the company of  
their intention to participate not later than Monday, March 17, 2008 by 3.00    
p.m.                                                                            
- on the Fiskars Corporation web site www.fiskars.fi,                           
- by letter to Fiskars Corporation, P.O. Box 235, 00101 Helsinki, Finland,      
- by telefax +358 9 604 053, or                                                 
- by phone Monday-Friday between 9.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. at telephone           
+358 9 6188 6231.                                                               

The notification shall be at the company's possession by the end of the said    
notification period.                                                            

Please forward possible proxies to the postal address given above prior to the  
expiry of the notification period.                                              
Election of the members of the Board of Directors                               

The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the General      
Meeting that the number of members of the Board of Directors shall be nine and  
the following individuals shall be elected to the Board: Mr. Kaj-Gustaf Bergh,  
Mr. Alexander Ehrnrooth, Mr. Paul Ehrnrooth, Mr. Ralf Böer, Ms. Ilona           
Ervasti-Vaintola, Mr. Gustaf Gripenberg, Mr. Karl Grotenfelt and, as new        
members, Mr. Karsten Slotte, the President and CEO of Oy Karl Fazer Ab and Mr.  
Jukka Suominen, M.Sc. (Eng.), B.Sc. (Econ.).                                    

All the above individuals have given their consent to the election and have     
stated as their intention, should they be elected, to nominate Mr. Kaj-Gustaf   
Bergh Chairman and to nominate Mr. Alexander Ehrnrooth and Mr. Paul Ehrnrooth   
Vice Chairmen.                                                                  

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that the annual   
fees of the members of the Board shall be EUR 35,000, the Vice Chairmen EUR     
50,000 and the Chairman EUR 65,000. In addition it is proposed that the Board   
members be paid a fee of EUR 550 per Board and Committee meeting, and that the  
Chairman of the Board of Directors be paid a fee of EUR 1,100 per Board and     
Committee meeting and the Chairman of the Audit Committee be paid a fee of EUR  
1,100 per Audit Committee meeting and that the Board members are reimbursed for 
their travel and other expenses incurred due to their activities in the interest
of the company.                                                                 

Proposal for Auditors                                                           

The Nomination Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that KPMG Oy Ab,    
Authorized Public Accountants firm, authorized by the Central Chamber of        
Commerce of Finland, be appointed the company's auditors.                       

Dividend                                                                        

The Board of Directors proposes to the General Meeting that a dividend of EUR   
0.80 per share of series A and EUR 0.78 share of series K shall be paid for the 
financial period that ended on December 31, 2007.                               

The dividend will be paid to shareholders who are registered in the             
shareholders' register maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository      
Limited on the record date, which is March 28, 2008.                            

The dividend payment date proposed by the Board is April 1, 2008.               

Helsinki, February 13, 2008                                                     

Board of Directors                                                              


Fiskars Corporation                                                             


Jutta Karlsson                    Leena Kahila-Bergh                            
General Counsel                   Vice President, Corporate Communications

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