AvestaPolarit to Postpone Publishing of Q3 Interim Report


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 16, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- AvestaPolarit will publish its Q3 interim report one day later than earlier scheduled. Instead of publishing the report on Thursday, 24 October, the new publication date will be Friday, 25 October.

This change is a direct consequence of the need to coordinate the release of AvestaPolarit's Q3 report with that of Outokumpu, which is due to be published on 25 October. Outokumpu currently owns 99.8% of the shares in AvestaPolarit.


For further enquiries, please contact:
Hannele Obrink, Manager, Investor Relations 
Tel.: +46 (0)8 613 4419 / +46 (0)70 652 1032. 
e-mail: hannele.obrink@avestapolarit.com

AvestaPolarit Corporate Management
Linnoitustie 4 A, PO Box 270,
FIN-02601 Espoo, Finland
Tel: +358 9 5764 5511, fax: +358 9 5764 5555

AvestaPolarit
Vasagatan 8-10, PO Box 16377, SE-103 27 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 613 3600, fax: +46 8 613 3669 
Registered office: Espoo, Business ID: 0823312-4

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