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NOTICE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SUOMINEN CORPORATION

SUOMINEN CORPORATION  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 10 MAY 2010 AT 4:15 P.M.           


NOTICE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SUOMINEN CORPORATION             

Notice is given to the shareholders of Suominen Corporation to the Extraordinary
General Meeting to be held on Tuesday 1 June 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Congress Hall
B at Finlandia Hall, address Mannerheimintie 13 e, Helsinki. The reception of   
persons who have registered for the meeting and the distribution of voting      
tickets will commence at 9:30 a.m.                                              

A. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA OF THE GENERAL MEETING                                 

At the General Meeting, the following matters will be considered:               

1. Opening of the meeting                                                       

2. Calling the meeting to order                                                 

3. Election of persons to scrutinize the minutes and to supervise the counting  
of votes                                                                        

4. Recording the legality of the meeting                                        

5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and the list of votes                

6. Authorising the Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of shares       

The Board of Directors proposes that the General Meeting would authorise the    
Board of Directors to decide on the issuance of a maximum of 30,000,000 new     
shares in one or more share issues against payment. The authorisation would     
grant the Board of Directors the right to decide on a directed issue in         
deviation from the shareholders' pre-emptive right.                             

In accordance with the proposal, the authorisation could be used for improving  
the company's capital structure, financing business arrangements and expansion  
investments or for other purposes determined by the Board of Directors. The     
authorisation could not be used for creating share-based incentive programs.    

The Board of Directors would be authorised to resolve on all other terms and    
conditions of a share issue.                                                    

The authorisation would be effective until 31 December 2010 and it would not    
supersede earlier authorisations.                                               

7. Closing of the meeting                                                       

B. DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL MEETING                                             

The proposal of the Board of Directors, this notice as well as the documents    
pursuant to chapter 5, section 21 of the Companies Act are available on Suominen
Corporation's website at www.suominen.fi. The proposal of the Board of Directors
and the above-mentioned documents are also available at the meeting. Copies of  
these documents and of this notice will be sent to shareholders upon request.   
The minutes of the meeting will be available on the above-mentioned website as  
from 15 June 2010.                                                              

C. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE GENERAL MEETING                     

1. The right to participate and registration                                    

Each shareholder, who is registered on 20 May 2010 in the shareholders' register
of the company held by Euroclear Finland Ltd., has the right to participate in  
the General Meeting. A shareholder, whose shares are registered on his/her      
personal Finnish book-entry account, is registered in the shareholders' register
of the company.                                                                 

A shareholder, who wants to participate in the General Meeting, shall register  
for the meeting no later than 27 May 2010 by 4:00 p.m. Finnish time by giving a 
prior notice of participation. Such notice can be given:                        

a) by e-mail to ir@suominen.fi;                                                 
b) by telephone +358 (0)10 214 3535, from Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00    
p.m.                                                                            
c) by regular mail to Suominen Corporation, P.O. Box 380, FI-33101 Tampere;     
Finland or                                                                      
d) by fax +358 (0)10 214 3536.                                                  

In connection with the registration, a shareholder shall notify his/her name,   
address, telephone number and the name of a possible assistant or proxy         
representative. The personal data given to Suominen Corporation is used only in 
connection with the General Meeting and with the processing of related          
registrations.                                                                  

Pursuant to chapter 5, section 25 of the Companies Act, a shareholder who is    
present at the General Meeting has the right to request information with respect
to the matters to be considered at the meeting.                                 

2. Proxy representative and powers of attorney                                  

A shareholder may participate in the General Meeting and exercise his/her rights
at the meeting by way of proxy representation.                                  

A proxy representative shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a   
reliable manner demonstrate his/her right to represent the shareholder at the   
General Meeting. When a shareholder participates in the General Meeting by means
of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares at    
different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative    
represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the           
registration for the General Meeting.                                           

Possible proxy documents should be delivered in original before the last date   
for registration to the company, address Suominen Corporation, P.O. Box 380,    
FI-33101 Tampere, Finland.                                                      

3. Holders of nominee registered shares                                         

A holder of nominee registered shares is advised to request without delay from  
his/her custodian bank necessary instructions regarding the registration in the 
shareholders' register of the company, the issuing of proxy documents and       
registration for the General Meeting. The account management organization of the
custodian bank will register the holder of nominee registered shares, who wants 
to participate in the General Meeting, to be temporarily entered into the       
shareholders' register of the company at the latest on 27 May 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
Finnish time.                                                                   

4. Other information                                                            

On the date of this notice to the General Meeting, 10 May 2010, the total number
of shares and votes in Suominen Corporation is 23,720,112.                      


Helsinki, 10 May 2010                                                           


SUOMINEN CORPORATION                                                            


Board of Directors                                                              


For additional information please contact:                                      
Mr. Petri Rolig, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)10 214 300                     
Mr. Arto Kiiskinen, Vice President and CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 214 300