Notice is given to the shareholders of Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj of the Extraordinary General Meeting ("Meeting") to be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 10 a.m. at the Pöyry House, Jaakonkatu 3, 01620 Vantaa, Finland.
The Meeting will deal with the proposal by the Board of Directors to amend the Company's business name to Pöyry Oyj, in English Pöyry Plc and, consequently, amend Section 1 of the Articles of Association of the Company to read as follows:
"1 § Company's business name and domicile
The company's business name shall be Pöyry Oyj, in English Pöyry Plc, and its domicile Vantaa."
Display to the public of the proposal by the Board of Directors
The above proposal by the Board of Directors of Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj will be on view as of March 8, 2006 on the Company's website at www.poyry.com/egm2006. The proposal will also be on view for shareholders as of March 20, 2006 at the address given below and it will be available at the Meeting. A copy of the proposal will be sent to shareholders upon request.
Right to attend and vote at the Meeting
In order to attend and have the right to vote at the meeting, the shareholder
a) must be entered in the Shareholder Register of the Company maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. on Friday, March 17, 2006, and
b) must give notice to attend the Meeting by Monday, March 27, 2006 at 12 noon Finnish time.
Registration in the Shareholder Register
The shareholder in whose name the shares are registered is automatically registered in the Shareholder Register of the Company. Foreign shareholders holding nominee-registered shares who wish to attend the Meeting can temporarily be registered in the Shareholder Register. Such registration shall be made on Friday, March 17, 2006 at the latest. For temporary registration, foreign shareholders must contact their account operator.
Notice to attend
A shareholder wishing to attend the Meeting must give notice to attend the Meeting to the Company either
a) by filling in the registration form at the Jaakko Pöyry Group website www.poyry.com/egm2006,
b) by telephone +358 9 8947 2224 (Helena Küttner) Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Finnish time,
c) by telefax +358 9 878 1816, or
d) by letter to Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj, Legal Department/EGM, Jaakonkatu 3, FI-01620 Vantaa, Finland.
2(2)
The notice must be at the Company's disposal no later than at 12 noon Finnish time on Monday, March 27, 2006.
Delivery of proxies
Proxies for representing a shareholder at the Meeting shall be submitted to the Company no later than at 12 noon Finnish time on Monday, March 27, 2006.
Vantaa, March 7, 2006
Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj
The Board of Directors
JAAKKO PÖYRY GROUP OYJ
Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen
President and CEO
Teuvo Salminen
Deputy to President and CEO