HISTORICAL RESTATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF OUTOKUMPU FOLLOWING THE SALE OF OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY SH

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OUTOKUMPU OYJ  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  OCTOBER 18, 2006 AT 16.30 PM

HISTORICAL RESTATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF OUTOKUMPU FOLLOWING THE
SALE OF OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY SHARES

The offering of shares in Outokumpu Technology Oyj was completed on
October 9, 2006. As a result of the offering Outokumpu sold 36 960
001 shares in Outokumpu Technology and Outokumpu´s holding in
Outokumpu Technology was reduced to 12%. Consequently Outokumpu
Technology has been classified as a discontinued operation and will
be reported in the third quarter interim report separately from the
continuing operations according to IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held
for Sale and Discontinued Operations. Proceeds and capital gain from
the sale will be recorded in the Group’s fourth quarter results.

The attached tables present restated comparative financial figures
of Outokumpu Group for 2005 and 2006 following the classification of
Outokumpu Technology as a discontinued operation. 

For further information, please contact:

Kari Lassila, SVP – IR and Communications, tel. +358 9 421 2555
kari.lassila@outokumpu.com

OUTOKUMPU OYJ
Corporate Management

Ingela Ulfves
Vice President - Investor Relations
tel. + 358 9 421 2438, mobile +358 40 515 1531, fax +358 9 421 2125
e-mail: ingela.ulfves@outokumpu.com
www.outokumpu.com


RESTATED COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL FIGURES OF OUTOKUMPU                       

                                                                      
Sales and operating profit from continuing                       
operations
                                                                      
EUR million               I/05 II/05 III/05 IV/05    2005  I/06  II/06
Sales                                                                 
General Stainless        1 286 1 158    813   816   4 073 1 013  1 066
Specialty Stainless        785   819    584   552   2 739   650    638
Other operations            55    71     70    76     272    87     93
Intra-group sales        (732) (605)  (404) (328) (2 068) (342)  (405)
The Group                1 394 1 442  1 063 1 117   5 016 1 408  1 392
                                                                      
Operating profit                                                      
General Stainless           71    93   (55) (170)    (62)    43     91
Specialty Stainless         55    65     14  (23)     110    22     65
Other operations             9   (3)     10   (8)       8     2    (8)
Intra-group items          (6)     3      5   (1)       1   (0)      1
The Group                  129   157   (26) (202)      57    67    149


Income statement by                                                    
quarter
                                                                       
EUR million                 I/05 II/05 III/05 IV/05   2005  I/06 II/06
Continuing operations:                                                
Sales                      1 394 1 442  1 063 1 117  5 016 1 408 1 392
                                                                      
Operating profit             129   157   (26) (202)     57    67   149
                                                                      
Share of results                                                      
in associated companies      (1)     2    (0)     0      1     0     2
Financial income and        (13)  (22)   (19)  (13)   (67)   (7)  (10)
expenses
Profit/(loss) before         115   137   (45) (215)    (8)    60   141
taxes
Income taxes                (19)  (37)     10    31   (16)  (18)  (29)
Net profit/(loss)                                                     
for the period                                                        
from continuing                                                       
operations                    96    99   (36) (184)   (24)    41   112
                                                                      
Net profit/(loss)                                                     
for the period                                                        
from discontinued          (340)   (3)    (0)     4  (339)    15    20
operations
Net profit/(loss)                                                     
for the period             (244)    97   (36) (180)  (363)    56   133
                                                                      
Attributable to:                                                      
Equity holders of the      (245)    96   (36) (179)  (364)    56   133
Company
Minority interest              1     1      0   (1)      1   (0)     0


Key figures by quarter                                            
                                                                  
EUR million                              I/05    II/05  III/05    IV/05
Operating profit margin, %                9.2     10.9   (2.4)   (18.1)
Return on capital employed, %            11.6     15.6   (2.6)   (21.4)
Return on equity, %                    (41.0)     17.2   (6.4)   (33.5)
Return on equity, continuing             16.1     17.6   (6.3)   (34.2)
operations, %
                                                                       
Capital employed at end of period       3 953    4 084   3 981    3 599
Net interest-bearing debt at end of     1 695    1 822   1 744    1 537
period
Equity-to-assets ratio                                                 
at end of period, %                      35.5     37.2    38.7     38.2
Debt-to-equity ratio at end of           75.0     80.6    77.9     74.5
period, %
                                                                       
Earnings per share, EUR                (1.35)     0.53  (0.20)   (0.99)
Earnings per share from                                                
continuing operations, EUR               0.53     0.54  (0.20)   (1.01)
Earnings per share from                                                
discontinued operations, EUR           (1.88)   (0.01)  (0.00)     0.02
Average number of shares                                               
outstanding, in thousands 1)          180 901  181 032 181 032  181 032
Equity per share at end of period,      12.39    12.41   12.27    11.31
EUR
Number of shares outstanding                                      
at end of period, in thousands 1)     181 032  181 032 181 032  181 032
                                                                       
Capital expenditure, continuing            29       46      37       53
operations
Depreciation, continuing operations        51       52      52       53
Average personnel for                                                  
the period, continuing operations       9 645    9 973   9 877    9 186
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                  
EUR million                              2005     I/06   II/06         
Operating profit margin, %                1.1      4.7    10.7         
Return on capital employed, %             1.3      7.5    16.5         
Return on equity, %                    (15.9)     11.0    25.2         
Return on equity, continuing            (1.1)      8.1    21.4         
operations, %
                                                                       
Capital employed at end of period       3 599    3 513   3 680         
Net interest-bearing debt at end of     1 537    1 483   1 509         
period
Equity-to-assets ratio at end of         38.2     37.4    38.4         
period, %
Debt-to-equity ratio at end of           74.5     73.0    69.5         
period, %
                                                                       
Earnings per share, EUR                (2.01)     0.31    0.73         
Earnings per share from                                                
continuing operations, EUR             (0.14)     0.23    0.62         
Earnings per share from                                                
discontinued operations, EUR           (1.87)     0.08    0.11         
Average number of shares                                               
outstanding, in thousands 1)          181 031  181 032 181 032         
Equity per share at end of period,      11.31    11.14   11.91         
EUR
Number of shares outstanding                                     
at end of period, in thousands 1)     181 032  181 032 181 032         
                                                                       
Capital expenditure, continuing           164       33      34         
operations
Depreciation, continuing operations       207       50      50         
Average personnel for                                                  
the period, continuing operations       9 579    8 746   8 822         
                                                                  
1) The number of own shares repurchased is excluded.


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