OUTOKUMPU ANNUAL REPORT 2003 PUBLISHED

OUTOKUMPU OYJ   STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT MARCH 19, 2004 at 2.35 pm


OUTOKUMPU ANNUAL REPORT 2003 PUBLISHED

Outokumpu’s printed annual report 2003 has been published today in
both Finnish and English. Both language versions of the annual
report can be downloaded as PDF files from Outokumpu’s website at
www.outokumpu.com.

The printed 2003 annual report will be sent by mail to all
registered shareholders before the Annual General Meeting to be
held on April 2, 2004.

The annual report can also be obtained from Outokumpu’s Corporate
Communications, telephone +358 9 421 2416, e-mail
corporate.comms@outokumpu.com or address
P.O. Box 140, 02201 Espoo, Finland.


OUTOKUMPU OYJ
Corporate Management

Johanna Sintonen
Vice President - Investor Relations
tel. +358 9 421 2438, mobile +358 40 530 0778, fax +358 9 421 2125
e-mail: johanna.sintonen@outokumpu.com
www.outokumpu.com