40,000 STOCKMANN SERIES A SHARES CONVERT

STOCKMANN plc STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT June 13, 2003, 12.45 p.m.

40,000 STOCKMANN SERIES A SHARES CONVERTED TO SERIES B SHARES

The Board of Directors of Stockmann plc has in its meeting on May 20,
2003, approved the request of a shareholder to convert 40,000 Series A
shares to Series B shares in accordance with Article 3 in the Articles of
Association of Stockmann plc. The conversions of shares were registered on
June 6, 2003. The converted shares will be listed on the Helsinki
Exchanges together with the old shares on June 16, 2003.

STOCKMANN plc

Hannu Penttilä
Managing Director

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