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Stock exchange releases | 03.4.2008

INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                                        

The shareholders of Atria Group Plc are invited to attend the Annual General    
Meeting to be held on Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 1 p.m. at Finlandia Hall,        
address: Mannerheimintie 13, Helsinki, Finland. The reception of the registered 
attendees will start at the meeting venue at 12:00 p.m..                        

The Meeting will deal with the following issues:                                

1. Matters to be handled at an Annual General Meeting pursuant to the Finnish   
Companies Act and Article 14 of the Articles of Association                     

The Company's financial statements for 2007 and the Board of Directors' proposal
for profit distribution were published on 27 February 2008. The Board of        
Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Company pay EUR 0.70  
per share in dividend for 2007. According to the proposal, dividends are paid to
shareholders who are entered in the Company's shareholder register kept by the  
Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd on the record date for the payment of 
dividends. According to the proposal, the record date for the payment of        
dividends is 5 May 2008 and the date of payment is 13 May 2008.                 

The Company's Board of Directors proposes that the Company's present auditors,  
Chartered Accountants Pekka Loikkanen and Eero Suomela, and its deputy auditors,
Chartered Accountant Markku Tynjälä and Chartered Accountants                   
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, be elected to continue until the closing of the next 
Annual General Meeting.                                                         

2. Board of Directors' proposal to authorise the Board of Directors to decide on
the acquisition of own shares                                                   

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting shall authorise 
the Board of Directors to decide on the acquisition of a maximum of 2,800,000 of
the Company's own Series A shares with funds belonging to the Company's         
unrestricted equity, subject to the provisions of the Finnish Companies Act on  
the maximum amount of own shares held by a company. The maximum amount of the   
Series A shares to be acquired is less than 10 percent of all the Company's     
shares.                                                                         

The Board of Directors may also decide to acquire Series A shares in deviation  
from the proportion of the shares held by the shareholders. The consideration to
be paid for the shares to be acquired is the average price paid for a Series A  
share at OMX Nordic Exchange in Helsinki on the date of acquisition. The Series 
A shares may also be acquired in public trading arranged by OMX Nordic Exchange 
in Helsinki, in which case the consideration to be paid for the shares is the   
trading price of the moment of acquisition in such trading.                     

Series A shares may be acquired for use as consideration in any acquisitions or 
other arrangements relating to the Company's business, to finance investment, as
part of the Company's incentive scheme, to develop the Company's capital        
structure, or to be retained by the Company, to be otherwise further transferred
or to be cancelled.                                                             

The Board of Directors is authorised to decide on the acquisition of own shares 
in all other respects.                                                          

It is proposed that the authorisation be valid until the closing of the next    
Annual General Meeting; however, no longer than 30 June 2009.                   

3. Board of Directors' proposal to authorise the Board of Directors to decide on
the transfer of own shares held by the Company                                  

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting shall authorise 
the Board of Directors to decide on the transfer of own shares held by the      
Company in one or more batches, so that a maximum total of 2,800,000 Series A   
shares are subject to the authorisation.                                        

The Board of Directors may decide to transfer own Series A shares held by the   
Company free of charge or against payment and also in deviation from the        
proportion of the shares held by the shareholders. It is proposed that the      
authorisation be used for the financing or execution of any acquisitions or     
other arrangements or investments relating to the Company's business, for the   
implementation of the Company's incentive scheme or for other purposes subject  
to the Board of Directors' decision. The Board of Directors is also entitled to 
decide on the transfer of Series A shares in public trading arranged by OMX     
Nordic Exchange in Helsinki.                                                    

It is proposed that the authorisation include the Board of Directors' right to  
decide on any other terms and conditions of the transfer.                       

It is proposed that the authorisation be valid until the closing of the next    
Annual General Meeting; however, no longer than 30 June 2009.                   

4. Board of Directors' proposal to authorise the Board of Directors to decide on
a share issue                                                                   

The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting shall authorise 
the Board of Directors to decide on a share issue in one or more batches, in    
which a maximum total of 10,000,000 of the Company's new Series A shares with a 
nominal value of EUR 1.70 may be issued.                                        

It is proposed that the authorisation include the Board of Directors' right to  
decide on any terms and conditions of the share issue. The authorisation thus   
also includes the right to issue shares in deviation from the proportion of the 
shares held by the shareholders under the conditions provided in law, as well as
the right to decide on a share issue without payment to the Company itself,     
subject to the provisions of the Finnish Companies Act on the maximum amount of 
own shares held by a company.                                                   

It is proposed that the authorisation be used for the financing or execution of 
any acquisitions or other arrangements or investment relating to the Company's  
business, for the implementation of the Company's incentive scheme or for other 
purposes subject to the Board of Directors' decision.                           

It is proposed that the authorisation be valid until the closing of the next    
Annual General Meeting; however, no longer than 30 June 2009. The authorisation 
shall not repeal the Board of Directors' valid authorisation to decide on an    
increase from reserves.                                                         

5. Board of Directors' proposal to amend the Articles of Association            

The Board of Directors proposes that the Company's business name be changed by  
amending Article 1 of its Articles of Association to read as follows:           

“The Company's business name is Atria Oyj, in Swedish Atria Abp and in English  
Atria Plc. The domicile of the Company is Kuopio.”                              

Financial statements and the Board of Directors' proposals for decisions        

The financial statements and the Board of Directors' proposals will be on view  
for shareholders at the Company's head office in Nurmo, address: Lapuantie 594, 
FI-60550 Nurmo; at the Company's office in Seinäjoki, address: Vaasantie 1,     
FI-60100 Seinäjoki; and on the Company's website at www.atria.fi/konserni as of 
22 April 2008. The documents will also be available for review at the Annual    
General Meeting. Copies of the documents will be sent to shareholders upon      
request.                                                                        

Right to attend and registration for the Annual General Meeting                 

The right to attend the Annual General Meeting is afforded to shareholders who  
have been entered as shareholders in the Company's shareholder register kept by 
the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd no later than 19 April 2008.      
Shareholders with nominee-registered shares shall contact their book-entry      
account operators in order to be temporarily entered in the Company's           
shareholder register for the purpose of attending the Annual General Meeting.   

In order to attend the Annual General Meeting, shareholders shall register for  
the meeting by notifying the Company by 25 April 2008, 4:00 p.m. Shareholders   
may register by mail addressed to Atria Group Plc, Liisa Liukku, PO Box 900,    
FI-60060 Atria, Finland, by phone +358 6 416 8306/Liisa Liukku, by fax +358 6   
416 8207 or by email to liisa.liukku@atria.fi by the mentioned due date. The    
letter of registration must reach its destination before the close of the       
registration period. Potential powers of attorney are also to be sent to the    
place of registration to Liisa Liukku before the close of the registration      
period.                                                                         


Nurmo, 3 April 2008                                                             

ATRIA GROUP PLC                                                                 
Board of Directors                                                              


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