Constitutive meeting of the Board of Directors of Wärtsilä Corporation

Wärtsilä Corporation, Stock exchange release 15 March 2006 at 20:15 UTC+2

Convening after the Annual General Meeting on 15 March 2006 the Board of Directors of Wärtsilä Corporation elected Antti Lagerroos as its chairman and Göran J. Ehrnrooth as the deputy chairman. The Board decided to establish an Audit Committee, a Nomination Committee and a Compensation Committee. The Board appointed from among its members the following members to the Committees:

Audit Committee
Chairman, Antti Lagerroos; Members, Heikki Allonen, Risto Hautamäki and Matti Vuoria.

Nomination Committee
Chairman, Antti Lagerroos; Members Göran J. Ehrnrooth and Matti Vuoria.

Compensation Committee
Chairman, Antti Lagerroos; Members Heikki Allonen and Jaakko Iloniemi.