EVOX RIFA GROUP OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
April 2, 2003 at 13:00 p.m.

DECISIONS MADE BY THE ANNUAL MEETING OF EVOX RIFA GROUP OYJ

The Annual General Meeting of Evox Rifa Group Oyj has on April 2, 2003 made the following decisions:

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 2002.

The Financial Statements for the financial year 2002 were adopted and the Members of the Board of Directors and Company’s President were discharged from liability for the financial year 2002.

Mr. Jerker Molander, Mr. Mikko Aro, Mr. Henrik Ehrnrooth, Mr. Jarmo Niemi and Mr. Pertti Laine were re-elected as Members of the Board. Georg Ehrnrooth has announced that he would not be available for re-election. The Board of Directors has elected Henrik Ehrnrooth as Chairman and Jerker Molander as Vice Chairman.

Authorized Public Accounting Firm KPMG Wideri 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 EUR 1.733.710. Concurrently the General Meeting decided to revoke its authorization of March 27, 2002. (The proposals of the Board have been published as a stock exchange release on March 14, 2003).

For more information, please contact Ms. Tuula Ylhäinen, President of Evox Rifa Group at +358 9 5406 5001.

EVOX RIFA GROUP OYJ
Tuula Ylhäinen
President

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