REQUEST RECEIVED TO CONSIDER EQUAL VOTING RIGHTS FOR FISKARS SHARE SERIES


Fiskars Corp     Stock Exchange Release, October 1 2008 at 3.30 p.m.            

REQUEST RECEIVED TO CONSIDER EQUAL VOTING RIGHTS FOR FISKARS SHARE SERIES       

A group of shareholders representing more than 5 % but less than 10 % of votes  
of Fiskars shares has approached the company's Board of Directors and requested 
that the Board should investigate the possibility of introducing equal voting   
rights for the company's listed share series. The Board will consider the       
request at its next meeting on 30 October 2008.                                 

Fiskars has currently two share series, series A and series K. Both shares are  
traded on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. An A-share has one vote as a K-share has 
twenty votes. The total number of shares is 77 510 200 which is divided into 54 
944 492 A-shares and 22 565 708 K-shares.                                       

For further information, please contact:                                        
Chairman of the Board Kaj-Gustaf Bergh, tel. +358 40 524 7730                   


FISKARS CORPORATION                                                             

Kaj-Gustaf Bergh                                                                
Chairman of the Board                                                           


Founded in 1649, Fiskars is a leading supplier of branded consumer goods.       
Fiskars business areas are: Garden, Homeware, Craft, Outdoor Recreation, Inha   
Works, and the Real Estate Group. Its major international brands are Fiskars,   
Iittala, Gerber, Silva, and Buster. The associated company Wärtsilä Corporation 
is also an important part of the Corporation. Fiskars business segments are the 
Americas, EMEA, Wärtsilä, and Other. Fiskars shares are quoted on NASDAQ OMX    
Helsinki Ltd. In 2007, the Fiskars Corporation net sales were EUR 658 million,  
the operating profit EUR 110 million and the Corporation employed some 4,500    
people. www.fiskars.fi