THE SALE OF ATRIA SHARES NOT CONVERTED TO BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM The Annual General Meeting of Atria Group plc on May 3, 2005, decided to sell, on behalf of shareholders, company shares in a joint book-entry account which have not been converted to the book-entry system. By the deadline of July 15, 2006, a total of 24594 A-series shares had not been converted to the book-entry system. The number of non-converted shares accounted for approximately 0,19 per cent of the number of A-series shares and approximately 0,11 per cent of all company shares. Atria Group plc has now decided to sell these shares on behalf of the owners through public offer, and to store the assets received from the sale, with costs of notification and sales deducted, with the provincial government of Eastern Finland. After July 15, 2006, shares can no longer be transferred to the book-entry system. Only an owner of shares in the joint account, or another assignee, is entitled to receive sales profit from the shares in correspondence with the shares owned. The shareholder or another assignee must present a claim for the assets and relinquish share certificates and possible clarifications of title at Co-operative banks belonging to the OP Bank Group, or at OP Bank's securities offices in Helsinki, or directly to the provincial government of Eastern Finland. The share of the assets will be paid, against the aforementioned documents, from the provincial government of Eastern Finland's stored assets. In accordance with prevailing legislation, the right to receive assets from the sale of the shares will end in ten years' time from the date on which the assets were stored with the provincial government. For further information, please contact Mr Erkki Roivas, Financial Director, tel. +358 400 160893. ATRIA GROUP PLC Erkki Roivas Financial Director DISTRIBUTION Helsinki Stock Exchange Principal media www.atria.fi
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