EVOX RIFA GROUP Oyj STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
on March 27, 2002 at 4:00 p.m.

DECISIONS OF THE EVOX RIFA GROUP OYJ’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Evox Rifa Group Oyj decided in accordance with the Board's proposal that no dividend will be paid for the financial year 2001.

The Financial Statements for the financial year 2001 were adopted and the Members of the Board of Directors and company’s President were discharged from liability for the financial year 2001.

Mr. Jerker Molander, Mr. Mikko Aro, Mr. Jarmo Niemi, Mr. Georg Ehrnrooth, Mr. Henrik Ehrnrooth and Mr. Pertti Laine were elected as members of the Board.

Authorized Public Accounting Firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was appointed auditor of the company.

The Annual General Meeting decided to approve the proposals of the Board to authorize the Board to decide in deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive right on new issues and / or convertible loans so that the increase of the share capital can be maximum Euro 866,855. Concurrently the General Meeting decided to revoke its authorisation of 11 April 2001. (The proposals of the Board have been published as a stock exchange release on March 7, 2002).

For more information, please contact Harri Launonen, President of Evox Rifa Group at +358 9 5406 5001.

EVOX RIFA GROUP Oyj

Harri Launonen
President

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