Active contacts with investors and analysts continue

We maintained an active dialogue and contacts with our global investor and analyst networks in 2009. Major investor relations events included Outokumpu's annual Capital Markets Day in London for analysts, investors and bankers, 12 road shows in Europe and the US, in connection with the quaterly result announcements. A live webcast was arranged at each result announcement. Outokumpu's Annual General Meeting was held in March in Helsinki, Finland.

In addition to the main events, Outokumpu hosted a total of 13 breakfasts and luncheons for institutional investors in Helsinki, New York, London, Paris, Stockholm and Oslo, and also attended eight industry seminars arranged by different brokers. We also arranged a site visit to Degerfors in Sweden for some institutional investors.

Approximately 300 one-on-one meetings, conference calls and video conferences with investors were arranged during 2009.

To improve the Group's operations, surveys of Outokumpu's performance carried out by external research organisations are monitored on a regular basis. According to the Regi Research & Strategi Ab 2009 survey of investor relations in which areas such as content, functionality, openness and trustworthiness are evaluated, Outokumpu improved its overall ranking significantly, increasing from position number 12 to being ranked number three in Finland.