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Stock exchange release April 2, 2007

Resolutions of Outokumpu Technology Oyj's Annual General Meeting 2007

OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY OYJ    STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE   APRIL 2, 2007 AT 3.15 PM


Resolutions of Outokumpu Technology Oyj's Annual General Meeting 2007


Outokumpu Technology Oyj's Annual General Meeting was held today, April 2, 2007, in Espoo, Finland. The Meeting was opened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Risto Virrankoski, and chaired by Mr. Tomas Lindholm, attorney-at-law.


Financial Statements


The Annual General Meeting approved the parent company's and the group's Financial Statements, and discharged the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for the financial year 2006.


Dividend


The Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of EUR 0.35 per share be paid for the financial year ended on December 31, 2006. The dividend record date is April 5, 2007, and the dividend will be paid on April 17, 2007.


The Board of Directors and auditors


The Annual General Meeting decided on the number of the Board members, including Chairman and Vice Chairman, to be five (5). Mr. Carl-Gustaf Bergström, Mr. Karri Kaitue, Mr. Hannu Linnoinen, Mr. Anssi Soila and Mr. Risto Virrankoski were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors for the term expiring at the end of the next Annual General Meeting.


The Annual General Meeting re-elected Mr. Risto Virrankoski as the Chairman and Mr. Karri Kaitue as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.


The Annual General Meeting confirmed the monthly remunerations to the Board members as follows: Chairman EUR 3,000, Vice Chairman EUR 2,500 and other Board members EUR 2,000, in addition, a meeting remuneration of EUR 500 per meeting for each Board member.


KPMG Oy Ab, Authorized Public Accountants, was re-elected as the company's auditor, with Mauri Palvi as Auditor in charge. The fees for the auditor are paid according to invoice.


Amendment to the Articles of Association and company's business name


The Annual General Meeting approved the amendments to the Articles of Association, including the change of the company's business name to Outotec Oyj. The change of business name is envisaged to become effective on April 24, 2007. Other amendments include the technical revision of the company's line of business and the election procedure of the Vice Chairman of the Board, and other amendments of technical nature.


The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to resolve upon issues of shares as follows:


- The authorization includes the right to issue new shares, distribute own shares held by the company, and the right to issue special rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Companies Act. This authorization to the Board of Directors does not, however, entitle the Board of Directors to issue share option rights as an incentive to the personnel.
- The total number of new shares to be issued and own shares held by the company to be distributed under the authorization may not exceed 4,200,000 shares.
- The Board of Directors is entitled to decide on the terms of the share issue, such as the grounds for determining the subscription price of the shares and the final subscription price as well as the approval of the subscriptions, the allocation of the issued new shares and the final amount of issued shares.


The authorization shall be in force until the next Annual General Meeting.


The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to resolve upon the repurchase of the company's own shares as follows:


- The company may repurchase the maximum number of 4,200,000 shares using free equity and deviating from the shareholders' pre-emptive rights to the shares, provided that the number of own shares held by the company will not exceed ten (10) percent of all shares of the company.
- The shares are to be repurchased in public trading at the Helsinki Stock Exchange at the price established in the trading at the time of acquisition.


The authorization shall be in force until the next Annual General Meeting.


Minutes of the Meeting


The minutes of the Annual General Meeting (in Finnish) will be available for viewing by the shareholders as of April 16, 2007 at Outokumpu Technology Oyj's head office.


OUTOKUMPU TECHNOLOGY OYJ


Rita Uotila, Vice President - Investor Relations
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