Pursuant to the decision made by the Annual General Meeting of Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj on March 6, 2002, 309 300 own shares in the company's possession have been invalidated. As a result of the invalidation the registered share capital was decreased by EUR 309 300 from EUR 13 932 861 to EUR 13 623 561 and the total amount of authorized shares decreased to 13 623 561. The reduction has been registered in the Trade Register on March 22, 2002.
JAAKKO PÖYRY GROUP OYJ
Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen
President and CEO
Teuvo Salminen
Executive Vice President