Decisions made by Vaisala Oyj's Annual General Meeting 2002

The Annual General Meeting of Vaisala Oyj decided on March 14, 2002 to approve the Company's annual accounts for 2001. The dividend will be EUR 0.55 per share.

Dividend

The Annual General Meeting decided that a dividend of EUR 0.55 per share, corresponding to the total of EUR 9,491,350, will be distributed for the financial year 2001. The record date for dividend payment is March 19, 2002 and dividend will be paid on March 26, 2002.

Discharge from liability

The Annual General Meeting granted the Members of the Board of Directors and the Company's President and CEO discharge from liability for the accounts.

The Members of the Board of Directors and Auditors

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Raimo Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.), who was to retire by rotation, was re-elected for three years. Mikko Niinivaara, M.Sc. (Eng.) wad elected to succeed member of the Board of Directors Matti Ilmari, D.Sc. (h.c.), who was to retire by rotation. PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy Authorised Public Accountants and Mr Jukka Ala-Mello APA were chosen as the Company's auditors.

The meeting of the Board of Directors

Raimo Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.) will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Yrjö Neuvo, Ph.D (EE), Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer will continue as Vice-Chairman. Mikko Niinivaara M.Sc. (Eng.), Mikko Voipio, M.Sc. (Eng.), Gerhard Wendt, Ph.D and Professor Pekka Hautojärvi will continue as Members of the Board of Directors.