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RESOLUTIONS BY ETTEPLAN OYJ’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Stock exchange release – Published: 24.03.2010 14:45:00

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Etteplan Oyj was held today, March
24, 2010 at premises of the Company in Vantaa. The meeting was opened by        
Chairman of the Board of Directors Heikki Hornborg and chaired by Mika          
Ståhlberg, attorney-at-law.                                                     

The Annual General Meeting approved the Financial Statements for financial year 
2009 and discharged members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from          
liability.                                                                      

The Annual General Meeting passed a resolution, in accordance with the proposal 
of the Board of Directors, that a dividend of EUR 0.04 per share be paid from   
the financial year 2009. The remaining funds shall be left to the unrestricted  
equity. The dividend will be paid to the shareholders registered in the         
shareholders' register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd (formerly Finnish    
Central Securities Depository Ltd) as the record date. The record date of the   
payment of dividend is March 29, 2010. The dividend shall be paid on April 7,   
2010.                                                                           

The Annual General Meeting passed a resolution, in accordance with the proposal 
of the Board of Directors, that six members be elected to the seats of the Board
of Directors. Additionally, the Annual General Meeting resolved the remuneration
of the members of the Board of Directors to be EUR 600 per meeting and the      
remuneration for the Chairman of the Board to be EUR 1,200 per meeting as well  
as the remuneration of the Board of Directors to be EUR 1,300 per month for the 
member of the Board and EUR 2,600 for the Chairman of the Board.                

In accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors´ Nomination and       
Compensation Committee Tapio Hakakari, Heikki Hornborg, Robert Ingman and Pertti
Nupponen were re-elected as members of the Board of Directors as well as Satu   
Rautavalta and Teuvo Rintamäki were elected as new members of the Board of      
Directors.                                                                      

The auditor elected was PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Authorized Public Accounting 
Firm with Authorized Public Accountant Mr Mika Kaarisalo as the main responsible
auditor. The fees for the auditor are paid according to invoice by the          
principles approved by the Board of Directors.                                  

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide to issue 
maximum of 4,000,000 shares through issuance of shares, option rights or other  
special rights entitling to shares under Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Companies 
Act in one or more issues. The authorization includes a right to issue new      
shares or assign company's own shares held by the company.                      

The authorization includes a right to deviate from the existing shareholders'   
pre-emptive subscription right as set forth in the Companies Act Chapter 9,     
Section 3. Therefore, the Board of Directors has a right to direct the share    
issue or issuance of option rights or other special rights entitling to shares. 
The authorization includes also a right to determine on all the terms of share  
issue, option rights or other special rights entitling to shares. The           
authorization includes therefore a right to determine on share subscription     
prices, persons entitled to subscribe the shares and other terms and conditions 
applicable to the subscription. In order to deviate from the shareholders'      
pre-emptive subscription right, the company must have a substantial financial   
reason such as financing of a company acquisition, other arrangement in         
connection with the development of the company's business or equity or an       
incentive scheme to the personnel. In connection of the share issuance the Board
of Directors is entitled to decide that the shares may be subscribed against    
contribution in kind or otherwise under special terms and conditions. The       
authorization includes a right to determine whether the subscription price will 
be entered into the share capital or into the reserve of invested non-restricted
equity.                                                                         

The authorization is effective for a period of five (5) years from the          
resolution of the Annual General Meeting, i.e. from March 24, 2010 to March 24, 
2015. The authorisation shall replace the previous authorization granted to the 
Board of Directors.                                                             

The Annual General Meeting resolved, in accordance with proposal of the Board of
Directors, to grant the Board the authority to acquire the company's own shares 
in one or more lots using the company's unrestricted equity. A maximum of       
2,000,000 of the company's own shares can be acquired. The Board of Directors   
shall have the right to decide who the shares are acquired from or, the Board of
Directors has the right to decide on a directed acquisition of own shares.      

The authorization includes the right to decide the acquiring of the company's   
own shares through a tender offer made to all shareholders on equal terms and   
conditions and at the price determined by the Board of Directors or in public   
trading organized by the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki at the market price valid at any   
given time so that the company's holdings of combined own shares is maximum of  
ten (10) per cent of all the company's shares. The minimum price for the shares 
to be acquired is the lowest market price quoted for a share in public trading  
during the validity of the authorization and, correspondingly, the maximum price
is the highest market price quoted for a share in public trading during the     
validity of the authorization.                                                  

If the shares are acquired in public trading, the shares will not be acquired in
proportion of the current shareholdings. Thus, there must be a substantial      
financial reason from the company's point of view for the acquisition of the own
shares. The shares may be acquired in order to be used as consideration in      
potential company acquisitions or in other structural arrangements. The shares  
may be used as well for carrying out company's incentive scheme provided to the 
personnel. The acquired shares may be kept by the company, invalidated or       
assigned onwards.                                                               

Acquiring will reduce the non-restricted equity.                                

The authorization is valid for 18 months from the date of the decision of the   
Annual General Meeting starting on March 24, 2010 and ending on September 24,   
2011. The authorization shall replace the previous authorization.               

The Board of Directors adopted a resolution to amend the articles of            
association's paragraph 9 as follows:                                           

"9 § Invitation to the General Meeting of Shareholders                          

Invitation to the General Meeting of Shareholders shall be published in the     
company's website no earlier than two (2) calendar months and no later than     
three (3) weeks prior to the meeting, but no later than nine (9) days before the
record date of the General Meeting. The Board of Directors may also decide to   
publish the invitation to the General Meeting of Shareholders in a one Finnish  
national newspaper determined by the Board of Directors."                       


Hollola, March 24, 2010                                                         

Etteplan Oyj                                                                    

BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                              


Additional information:                                                         
President and CEO Matti Hyytiäinen, tel. +358 400 710 968                       


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Etteplan is a specialist in industrial equipment engineering and technical      
product information solutions and services. Our customers are global leaders in 
their fields and operate in areas like the automotive, aerospace and defence    
industries as well as the electricity generation and power transmission sectors,
and material flow management.                                                   

Etteplan has comprehensive competence in electronics and embedded systems       
development, automation and electrical design, mechanical design and technical  
product information solutions and services.                                     

Etteplan's strength lies in its highly skilled employees who, being located near
to the customers, are able to develop close, long term business relationships.  
We implement solutions globally according to customer needs.                    

In 2009, Etteplan had turnover of EUR 98.7 million. Etteplan's shares are listed
on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd under the ETT1V ticker.