On the basis of our audit, we issue the statement below on the financial statements and the administration. We have conducted the audit in accordance with Finnish Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining on a test basis evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the management as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. The purpose of our audit of the administration is to examine whether the members of the Supervisory Board, the Board of Directors and the President and CEO, of the Parent Company, have legally complied with the rules of the Companies Act.

In our opinion the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Act and other rules and regulations governing the preparation of financial statements. The financial statements give a true and fair view, as defined in the Accounting Act, of both the Group and the Parent Company's result of operations and the financial position. The financial statements, including those of the Group, can be adopted and the members of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors and the President and CEO can be discharged from liability for the period audited by us. The proposal by the Board of Directors concerning disposal of the profit for the financial year complies with the Companies Act.

Helsinki, 26 February 2003

Pekka Nikula
ABA

Erkki Mäki-Ranta
AA