NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS
Fiskars Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE September 4, 2007, 3 p.m.
NOTIFICATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10, OF THE SECURITIES MARKETS ACT
ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS
Fiskars Corporation has been informed that Virala Oy Ab has increased its
holdings to more than 1/5 of the voting rights in Fiskars Corporation. Holdings
of share capital are still more than 1/10.
Under Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Securities Markets Act, we hereby announce
the following:
1. Name of company in which holdings have been acquired
Fiskars Corporation, Business ID 0214036-5
2. Date of change in holdings
September 4,2007
3. Shareholder's name and Business ID
Virala Oy Ab, 0147485-7
4. Proportion of voting rights and share capital:
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| | Number of shares | Proportion of | Proportion of |
| | | share capital | voting rights |
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| A shares | 3,714,458 | 4.79% | 0.73% |
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| K shares | 4,917,948 | 6.34% | 19.43% |
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| Total | 8,632,406 | 11.14% | 20.16% |
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The share capital of Fiskars Corporation comprises a total of
77,510,200 shares (54,944,492 A shares and 22,565,708 K shares),
said shares entitling to a total of 506,258,652 votes.
Jutta Karlsson Juha Rauhala
General Counsel Vice President,
Corporate Finance
Founded in 1649, Fiskars (www.fiskars.fi) is an international corporation which
includes the subsidiaries Fiskars Brands, Iittala Group, Inha Works, and the
Real Estate Group. Fiskars holdings in associated company Wärtsilä is also an
important part of Fiskars Corporation. In 2006, the net sales of Fiskars
Corporation was EUR 535 million, its operating profit EUR 86 million. The
Corporation employed some 3,000 people around the world.