Investing in SanomaWSOY

• Annual General Meeting
• Dividend for 2003
• Shareholder’s rights in AGM
• List of shares and shareholders
• SanomaWSOY’s financial reporting during 2004
• Companies following SanomaWSOY

Annual General Meeting

SanomaWSOY’s Annual General Meeting of Share­­holders (AGM) will be held on 30 March 2004 at 2.00 p.m. Finnish time at the Congress Wing of Helsinki Fair Centre (Messu­aukio 1, 00520 Helsinki). Shareholders wishing to attend are requested to register by 4.15 p.m. Finnish time on Tuesday, 23 March 2004, tel. +358 105 19 5021, fax +358 105 19 5058, or e-mail, yhtiokokous@sanomawsoy.fi.

Dividend for 2003

The Board of Directors proposes to the AGM that a dividend of EUR 1.00 per share should be paid for 2003. All shareholders registered on the Company’s list of shareholders maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository on the record date of 2 April 2004 are entitled to a dividend payment. The dividend payment date in Finland will be 13 April 2004.

Shareholder’s rights in AGM

Shareholders, who own SanomaWSOY’s shares on 19 March 2004, can attend the AGM.

A shareholder will have voting rights at the AGM if he/she has registered to the meeting by 4.15 p.m. Finnish time on Tuesday, 23 March 2004. Regarding shares in the book-entry system the regulations according them are applied.

Each series A share carries 20 (twenty) votes and each series B share carries one (1) vote at the shareholders meeting. However, no shareholder has more than one fifth of the total amount of votes represented at the meeting.

List of shares and shareholders

The Finnish Central Securities Depository (tel. +358 800 180 500) maintains a list of Company shares and holders of Company shares. Shareholders who wish to make changes to their personal and contact information are requested to contact the Depository directly.

SanomaWSOY’s financial reporting during 2004

The Group’s Interim Reports will be published on 7 May, 10 August, and 8 November at around 11.30 a.m. Finnish time.

The Annual Report and Interim Reports are available in Finnish and English. Publications can be consulted at www.sanomawsoy.fi and can be ordered via the Internet ir@sanomawsoy.fi or by phone on +358 105 19 5062 or fax on +358 105 19 5068.

Shareholders can also order SanomaWSOY’s releases via email at www.sanomawsoy.fi/contacts/subscribe.asp.