STOCKMANN'S BOARD WILL NOT USE THE AUTHORIZATION ON THE PAYMENT OF A DIVIDEND

STOCKMANN plc Company Announcement 14.12.2009 at 12.15

STOCKMANN'S BOARD WILL NOT USE THE AUTHORIZATION ON THE PAYMENT OF A DIVIDEND

Stockmann's Annual General Meeting held on 17 March 2009 authorized the Board of Directors to decide by 31 December 2009 on the payment of a dividend of no more than EUR 0.38 per share, in addition to the dividend decided by the Annual General Meeting. In the meeting held today, 14 December 2009, Stockmann's Board of Directors decided not to use the granted authorization.

STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä CEO

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