Invitation to the annual general meeting of kyro corporation

INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF KYRO CORPORATION The shareholders of Kyro Corporation are hereby invited to attend the Annual General Meeting to be held on Tuesday, 20 March 2001 at 4 p.m. at the LordHotel, Lönnrotinkatu 29, Helsinki. Agenda Matters to be handled at the Annual General Meeting under Section 13 of the Articlesof Association. Participation Shareholders entered in the shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on 9 March 2001 are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders whose shares have not been entered into the book entry system also have the right to attend the Annual General Meeting provided that they were registered in the Company share register before 22 December 1995. In this case, shareholders must present their share certificates at the Annual General Meeting or other proof that title to their holdings has not been transferred to a book entry account. Enrolment Shareholders wishing to attend the Annual General Meeting shall notify the Company thereof by Thursday, 15 March 2001 before 4 p.m., either in writing to Kyro Corporation, FIN-39200 Kyröskoski, Finland, or by telephone on +358 3 382 3072 (Terttu Uusitalo) or by e-mail terttu.uusitalo@kyro.fi. The notification must reach the Company before the close of the notification period. Shareholders wishing to vote by proxy should deliver their forms of proxy to the above mentioned address within the notification period. Documents available The documents relating to the Financial Statements of Kyro Corporation will be available for inspection by shareholders from 13 March 2001 at Kyro Corporation's Head Office at the address Vehmaistenkatu 5, 33730 Tampere, Finland. The Annual Report will be sent to the shareholders in week 11. Dividend distribution The Board of Directors will propose to the Annual General Meeting that Kyro pays a dividend of 0.13 euro per share and an extra dividend of 0.17 euro per share, totalling 0.30 euro per share for the 2000 fiscal year. The dividend will be paid to shareholders who are registered in the share holder register of the Company held by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on the record date decided by the Board of Directors, which is 23 March 2001. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the dividend will be paid at the end of the record period, or 30 March 2001. Helsinki 7 February 2001 KYRO CORPORATION Board of Directors Distribution: Helsinki Exchanges Key media For further Kyro Corporation, Veli Kronqvist, Vice President Finance, Information: ++358-400-838 140 Investor Kyro Corporation, Mika Nevalainen, Vice President Corporate Relations: Communications, ++358-400-882 024 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/27/20010227BIT00020/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/27/20010227BIT00020/bit0001.pdf