Correction to Wärtsilä's stock exchange announcement of 5.12.2002 regarding our financial information 2003

Wartsila Corporation, Stock exchange release 5 December 2002 at 02:01 UTC+2

Wärtsilä Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 5.12.2002

In the stock exchange announcement regarding financial information 2003 the publishing month for January-March 2003 results is wrong.

Wärtsilä will publish its January-March 2003 results on Tuesday 29 April 2003 and not on 29 May. We apologize for the mistake.