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The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Suominen Corporation

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF SUOMINEN CORPORATION              


The Board of Directors of Suominen Corporation has on 11 February 2008 decided  
to convene the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Thursday 27 
March 2008.                                                                     


NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF SUOMINEN CORPORATION        

The shareholders of Suominen Corporation are invited to attend the Annual       
General Meeting of Shareholders which will be held on Thursday 27 March 2008 at 
2.00 p.m. in the Finlandia Hall's Elissa Hall, Mannerheimintie 13 e, Helsinki.  

The following issues shall be on the agenda of the Meeting:                     


1. THE ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS UNDER    
ARTICLE 3 OF THE COMPANIES ACT CHAPTER 5 AND ARTICLE 13 OF THE ARTICLES OF      
ASSOCIATION                                                                     


2. PROPOSAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO GRANT REPURCHASE AUTHORISATION TO THE  
BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                              

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting would authorise the    
Board of Directors to decide on a repurchase of a maximum of 1,186,000 of the   
Company's own shares. The repurchase authorisation shall be valid for 18 months 
after the decision of the General Meeting.                                      

The shares shall be repurchased for use as consideration in future acquisitions 
or other arrangements related to the Company's business, as financing for       
investments or as part of the Company's incentive program or to be held by the  
Company, to be conveyed by other means or to be cancelled. The Company's own    
shares shall be repurchased otherwise than in proportion to the holdings of the 
shareholders by using the non-restricted equity through public trading on OMX   
Nordic Exchange at the market price prevailing at the time of acquisition.      


3. PROPOSAL OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO AUTHORISE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO    
DECIDE ON CONVEYING OWN SHARES                                                  

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting would authorise the    
Board of Directors to decide on conveying a maximum of 1,222,000 of the         
Company's own shares held by the Company. The authorisation on conveying shall  
be valid for 18 months after the end of the General Meeting.                    

The Company's own shares held by the Company may be conveyed either against     
payment or for free. The shares may be conveyed to the Company's shareholders in
proportion to their current shareholdings in the Company or waiving the         
shareholder's pre-emption right, through a directed share issue if the Company  
has a weighty financial reason to do so, such as using the shares as            
consideration in future acquisitions or other arrangements related to the       
Company's business, as financing investments or as part of the Company's        
incentive program.                                                              


THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITOR                                              

Shareholders representing over 28 per cent of all votes in the Company have     
informed that they will propose to the Annual General Meeting that the number of
members of the Board of Directors be confirmed six, and that all the present    
members i.e. Heikki Bergholm, Kai Hannus, Pekka Laaksonen, Juhani Lassila, Mikko
Maijala and Heikki Mairinoja be re-elected, and the present auditors,           
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorised Public Accountants, with Heikki Lassila,  
APA, as the principal auditor, be re-elected for the next term of office in     
accordance with the Articles of Association.                                    


DOCUMENTS ON VIEW                                                               

The financial statements and the proposals of the Board of Directors will be    
available for shareholders with the beginning on 10 March 2008 at the head      
office of the Company, address: Vestonkatu 24, FI-33580 Tampere. Copies of the  
documents will be sent to shareholders on request.                              


RIGHT TO ATTEND                                                                 

Shareholders who are entered in the Company's Register of Shareholders          
maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd. on Monday 17 March 2008
are entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting. Shareholders who hold their  
shares under a name of a nominee must contact their bank, broker or other       
custodian to be temporarily recorded in the Register of Shareholders so that the
recording is effective on 17 March 2008.                                        


NOTIFICATION                                                                    

Shareholders who wish to attend the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders must 
notify the Company of their intention to attend by Wednesday 19 March 2008      
before 4.00 p.m., either in writing to Suominen Corporation, P.O. Box 380,      
FI-33101 Tampere, or by telephone at +358 (0)10 214 3535/Minna Lehtonen, or by  
fax at +358 (0)10 214 3536 or by e-mail at minna.lehtonen@suominen.fi. The      
notification must reach the Company before the end of the notification period.  
Shareholders are kindly requested to deliver any powers of attorney to the      
above-mentioned address before the end of the notification period.              


PAYMENT OF THE DIVIDEND                                                         

The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders   
that no dividend be paid on account of the confirmed balance sheet for 2007.    


In Helsinki, 11 February 2008                                                   


SUOMINEN CORPORATION                                                            


Board of Directors                                                              


For additional information please contact Mr. Kalle Tanhuanpää, President and   
CEO, tel. +358 (0)10 214 300.