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Invitation to the Annual General Shareholders' meeting


Mar 02, 2004: Helsinki, Finland

The shareholders of F-Secure Corporation are invited to the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting (AGM) to be held on Wednesday March 24, 2004, starting at 14.00 Finnish time at High Tech Center, Ruoholahti, Tammasaarenkatu 3, 00180, Helsinki, Finland. Participants are kindly requested to arrive by 13.45 hours.

The following matters will be dealt with at the meeting:

1. The matters designated to the AGM in Article 11 of the Articles of Association

2) Dividend proposal

The Board proposes not to issue a dividend for the year 2003 and to match the profit against retained earnings.

3) The Board of Directors will be authorised to increase the share capital of the company as follows:

a) The duration of the authorisation
The Board is authorised during the period of one (1) year from the date of the shareholders' meeting to decide on an increase of the share capital of the company by one or more new share issues or by launching one or more convertible bonds or option rights. As a result of such share issues, option rights or convertible loans, the share capital of the company may be increased by a maximum of 280,000 Euros. The maximum number of new shares to be issued is 28,000,000. To the extent the authorization is used to create incentive systems for the personnel of the group, the share capital may increase by a maximum of 70,000 EUR, in which case a maximum amount of 7,000,000 shares may be issued.

b) Deviation from subscription rights
The shares, convertible bonds or option rights may be offered to be subscribed by deviating from the subscription rights of the shareholders. This deviation from the subscription rights is proposed for the purpose that the company may fund its possible acquisitions which are of strategic importance by way of share arrangements, or strengthen its financing and capital structure, or create incentive programs for Group's employees.

c) The determination of the subscription price
The subscription price for the shares issued in the share capital increase and converted or subscribed on the basis of convertible bonds or option rights is determined by the Board of Directors. At minimum, the subscription or conversion price per share is the counter book value of the share. To the extent the authorization is used to create incentive systems for the personnel of the Group, the subscription price is determined by the Board of Directors to be based on the market price of the share.

d) Payment of the subscription price
The Board may accept as payment also a set-off or provision of other assets (in-kind contributions).

e) Previous authorization
The proposal of the Board includes also that the unused portion of the authorisation given in the Shareholders' meeting on March 26, 2003, will be cancelled simultaneously with the registration of the new authorization.

3) Matching retained earnings from share premium
The Board of Directors proposes to match retained earnings from share premium.

4) Updating Articles of Association
The Board of Directors proposes the following changes (removed parts in parenthesis):

"10 Call to a General Meeting and Right to Participate in and Vote at the General Meeting

A call to a General Meeting of Shareholders shall be delivered to the shareholders (earliest eight weeks and latest 2 weeks before the meeting either by letters mailed to the addresses entered in the Shareholders' Register or by publishing the call to the meeting in one Finnish-language national daily paper selected by the Board of Directors) before the meeting within a period stipulated by the law by publishing the call in Company's homepage.

To be entitled to participate in the General Meeting, a shareholder shall notify the Company about his/her intention to participate in the Meeting no later than on the date indicated in the call. (no sooner than 5 days before the meeting)

At a General Meeting of Shareholders, each share has one (1) vote,

11 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders shall be held annually on the date designated by the Board of Directors within a period from the end of the financial year as defined by the law (within 6 months). In addition to the domicile of the Company, the General Meeting of Shareholders can be held in (Helsinki), Espoo or Vantaa. At the Annual General Meeting there shall be

PRESENTED ..

DECISIONS MADE REGARDING

6 the remunerations of the Members of the Board of Directors and Auditors; (and basis for travel expense claims) ..

ELECTED

8 the members of the Board of Directors and a deputy member,
9 one auditor and a reserve auditor, if necessary."

Candidates for the Board of Directors and for an Auditor
The Company has been informed that shareholders who have over 50% of votes propose following candidates to the Board of Directors: Mr. Pertti Ervi, Mr. Risto Siilasmaa, Mr. Alex Sozonoff, Mr. Antti Vasara, Mr. Matti Virtanen and as deputy Mr. Ari Hyppönen. As auditor they propose Ernst & Young Oy. All of them have expressed their acceptance.

Documents
The documents are available to the public from March 17, 2003, on the Company homepage www.f-secure.com/investor-relations/ , as well as at the head office of the Company at Tammasaarenkatu 7, Helsinki, Finland. Copies of the documents will be mailed to shareholders upon request. The request may be forwarded through the contact information below.

Right to participation
A shareholder who, no later than March 12, 2004, has been noted as a shareholder in the list of shareholders maintained by Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd, is entitled to participate in the Annual General Meeting unless otherwise decreed by law.

Registration
To be permitted to participate in the shareholders' meeting, a shareholder must register for it no later than Friday March 19, 2003, at 14.00 Finnish Time. Registration may take place by e-mail to mikaela.anaja@f-secure.com , by phone +358-9-2520 5390/Mikaela Anaja, by fax +358-9-2520 5018/Mikaela Anaja, by mail F-Secure, PL 24, 00180 Helsinki, or at the Company's headquarters at Tammasaarenkatu 7, Helsinki. The registration must be on hand at the addresses above before the end of the registration period. A Power of Attorney is requested at the time of registration.

Helsinki February 11, 2004

F-Secure Corporation
Board of Directors

Additional information:
F-Secure Corporation
Risto Siilasmaa, President and CEO tel.358 9 2520 5510
Taneli Virtanen, CFO tel.358 9 2520 5655
http://www.F-Secure.com


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