Wed April 2 12:00 am 2003 in category Stock exchange releases
Nokian Tyres plc Stock Exchange Announcement 2 April 2003 at 2 p.m.

NOKIAN TYRES SIGNED A SYNDICATED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

Nokian Tyres plc has signed an EUR 100 million syndicated revolving credit Facility for 5 years with international banks on the 1st of April. The Facility will be used to refinance the Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility of EUR 63,9 million signed 9 th of December 1997 and for general corporate purposes.

Participating banks are: Danske Bank A/S, Nordea Bank Finland Plc, Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ), Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein Girozentrale, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale and Sampo Bank plc as the Arranger.

Nokian Tyres plc

Raila Hietala-Hellman
Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations

For further information: Mr. Rami Helminen, Vice President, Finance and Control, Nokian Tyres plc, tel. +358 3 340 7111