SanomaWSOY - Annual Report 2003


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In brief
Key figures
Organisation
Year 2003
Goals
Management Review
Outlook 2004
Governance
    » Corporate governance
    » Risk management
    » Board of Directors
    » Management Group
    » Investing in SanomaWSOY
Personnel
Environment

Year 2003

Stock Exchange Releases, Releases and Stock Exchange Announcements

11.2 SanomaWSOY´s operating profit better than estimated
20.2 Year-End Statement 2002
20.2 Eija Ailasmaa appointed President & CEO of Sanoma Magazines
24.2 Rautakirja´s merger into SanomaWSOY in force on 1 March 2003
3.3 Rautakirja´s merger into SanomaWSOY registered
10.3 Notice of SanomaWSOY´s Annual General Meeting
1.4 SanomaWSOY´s Annual General Meeting
7.4 Rautakirja´s financial statement before the merger into SanomaWSOY
23.4 Sanoma sold its delivery company Leijonajakelu to Finland Post
30.4 Decrease of SanomaWSOY´s share capital entered into the Trade Register
8.5 Interim Report Q1
8.5 SanomaWSOY improved its operating profit in the first quarter
15.5 SanomaWSOY´s shareholders´ agreement expired
23.5 The Finnish Competition Authority continues to examine Leijonajakelu deal
20.6 SanomaWSOY divests its holding in A-Pressen ASA
30.6 A-Pressen ASA divestment completed
7.8 Interim Report Q2
7.8 Improved result for SanomaWSOY despite difficult market conditions
12.8 Flagging announcement of selling Janton Oyj shares
20.8 SanomaWSOY added to Dow Jones STOXX Indexes
22.8 The Finnish Competition Authority approved Sanoma´s Leijonajakelu deal
30.10 Interim Report Q3
30.10 The development in SanomaWSOY´s results continued to be excellent
31.10 Flagging announcement of selling Ilkka-Yhtymä shares
3.11 SanomaWSOY redeemed convertible capital notes
17.11 Helsinki Court of Appeal dismissed Nostokonepalvelu Oy´s case against Sanoma Corporation
21.11 Pre-conditions of Janton deal fulfilled
21.11 and  28.11 SanomaWSOY redeemed convertible capital notes
10.12 Mikael Pentikäinen appointed President of Sanoma Corporation as of 1 April 2004
10.12 SanomaWSOY to operate in 15 countries – Sanoma Magazines International to start operations in Bulgaria
11.12 The Finnish Competition Authority approved Janton deal
15.12 SanomaWSOY´s financial reporting during 2004
18.12 WSOY to sell Genimap
19.12 SanomaWSOY to distibute the third block of warrants
22.12 Janton deal completed


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Sanoma Magazines International launched National Geographic successfully in three countries. The Romanian launch was held at the Presidential Palace in Bucharest. Libelle’s summer event in August in Belgium was attended by 40,000 visitors. The IS Business Unit extended the paper’s product family in 2003. Sales Directors Liisa Kotilainen and Salla Vainio, and Controller Titta Halme. Following further expansion at the beginning of 2004, the Suomalainen Kirjakauppa bookstore chain now has 59 outlets in Finland, including this bookstore at the Iso Omena shopping mall in Espoo. HTV’s cable TV operations grew at a record rate in 2003, and digital TV subscriptions now outnumber analogue ones. Finnish fiction flourished in 2003. Author Arto Paasilinna can be seen here being interviewed by Petteri Väänänen at the Helsinki Book Fair.
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