SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Report on Form 6-K dated October 614, 2003

Instrumentarium Corporation

(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)

Kuortaneenkatu 2
FIN-00510 Helsinki, Finland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)


Form 20-F [X]		Form 40-F [ ]

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)


Yes [ ]		No [X]

(If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _________ )

Enclosure: ~~NOTIFICATION~~INVITATION ~~REFERRED~~ TO INSHAREHOLDERS' ~~CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS~~MEETING

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SIGNATURES ~~NOTIFICATION~~INVITATION ~~REFERRED~~ TO INSHAREHOLDERS’ ~~CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS~~MEETING

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Instrumentarium Corporation
Date: October 6, 2003	By:	/s/ Matti Salmivuori Chief Financial Officer
Date: October 14, 2003	By:	/s/ Matti Salmivuori Chief Financial Officer
Date: October 6, 2003	By:	/s/ Juhani Lassila Group Treasurer
Date: October 14, 2003	By:	/s/ Juhani Lassila Group Treasurer

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 1921/03 October 614, 2003 at 73.1540 p.m. 1 (2)

~~NOTIFICATION~~INVITATION ~~REFERRED~~ TO INSHAREHOLDERS’ ~~CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10 OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT~~MEETING ~~ON A CHANGE IN HOLDINGS~~

~~General~~The ~~Electric~~shareholders ~~Company~~of ~~has~~Instrumentarium onCorporation ~~October 6,~~are ~~2003~~invited ~~notified~~to ~~Instrumentarium~~an Extraordinary ~~Corporation~~Shareholders’ ~~according~~Meeting to ~~Chapter 2~~be ~~Section~~held on Tuesday, November 94, of2003 ~~the~~at ~~Securities~~5 ~~Market~~p.m. ~~Act~~at the ~~following:~~Company’s head office at Kuortaneenkatu 2, Helsinki.

AsMeeting ~~a result of the public tender offer by General Electric Finland Oy for all~~Agenda ~~issued and outstanding shares and options in Instrumentarium Corporation, the~~ ~~holding of General Electric Finland Oy will after the sale and purchase of the~~ shares tendered in the tender offer exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the voting rights and share capital of Instrumentarium Corporation. In accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, we hereby notify the Financial Supervision Authority and Instrumentarium Corporation of the following:

1.) ~~Name~~Amendment of ~~Target~~Articles ~~Company~~of Association

~~Instrumentarium~~Sections 2 ~~Corporation~~and ~~(Instrumentarium~~5 ~~Oyj),~~of ~~Business~~the ~~Identity~~Articles ~~Code~~of Association of the Company are proposed to ~~0109222-6.~~be amended as follows:

"§ 2. ~~Date~~The ~~when~~objects of the ~~holding~~company ~~will~~are ~~change~~the manufacturing of and trade in health care, electronic, electrical, metal, and information processing products, as well as other related industrial and commercial activities. The company may engage in these operations on its own or through its subsidiaries or joint enterprises.”

In"§ ~~accordance~~5 ~~with~~The ~~the~~Board ~~terms~~of ~~and~~Directors, ~~conditions~~comprising ofat ~~the~~least ~~tender~~three ~~offer,~~(3) and ~~the~~not ~~sale~~more ~~and~~than ~~purchase~~six of(6) members, ~~the~~shall ~~shares~~see ~~will~~to ~~take~~the ~~place~~appropriate onorganization ~~October 9,~~of ~~2003~~the company’s operations. ~~Settlement~~The ~~will~~term ~~take place~~of ina ~~accordance~~member ~~with~~shall expire at the ~~rules~~end of the ~~Finnish~~first ~~Central Securities Depository~~Annual ~~Ltd,~~General onMeeting ~~October 14,~~of ~~2003.~~Shareholders ~~Title~~held tofollowing ~~the~~his/her ~~shares~~election. ~~will~~Persons ~~pass~~who are to67 years ~~General~~or ~~Electric Finland~~older Oyare ~~against~~ineligible ~~payment~~for ofelection on the ~~share~~Board ~~offer~~of ~~price~~Directors. The inBoard ~~accordance~~of ~~with~~Directors ~~the terms~~shall ~~and~~elect ~~conditions~~a ofChairman ~~the~~among ~~tender~~its ~~offer~~members.”

3.2) ~~Exact~~Confirmation ~~proportion~~ of ~~voting~~amount ~~rights~~of ~~and~~Board ~~share~~members, ~~capital~~their inelection ~~Instrumentarium~~and ~~Corporation~~remuneration

~~Proportion~~The ofmajority ~~voting~~shareholder ~~rights~~of ~~and~~the ~~share~~company, ~~capital~~General inElectric ~~Instrumentarium~~Finland ~~Corporation~~Oy, has ~~after~~proposed ~~title~~ to fix the ~~shares~~number ~~has~~of ~~passed~~members of the Board of Directors to ~~General~~four ~~Electric~~(4) and proposed ~~Finland~~that Oythe following persons be elected Board members: Ms. Pamela S. Krop, Mr. Scott Schenkel, Mr. Dow Wilson and Mr. Tomas Lindholm.

Proportion of

(total) voting

rights (i.e.

Proportion of share

including votes

capital and voting

Proportion

pertaining to

rights (excluding

Number

of share

shares held by

Shareholder

of shares

capital

Instrumentarium)

General Electric Finland Oy

46,241,793

95.24

95.68

Documents

~~After~~The ~~title~~proposal toof the ~~options~~Board ~~tendered~~will inbe ~~the~~available ~~tender~~to ~~offer~~shareholders ~~has~~as ~~passed~~of ~~to General~~October 28, ~~Electric~~2003 ~~Finland~~at ~~Oy,~~the itCompany’s ~~will~~Head ~~hold~~Office 1in Helsinki,~~435,298~~ ~~options~~at inKuortaneenkatu ~~Instrumentarium~~2, ~~which~~and copies ~~entitle~~will be sent to ~~subscribe~~shareholders ~~for~~at ~~3,217,690~~their ~~shares~~request.

~~The~~Right ~~registered~~to ~~share~~participate ~~capital~~and ~~of Instrumentarium Corporation comprises of~~registration ~~48,552,670 shares with one vote attached to each share.~~

A shareholder who is of record as of Friday, October 24, 2003 in the shareholder register of the Company maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd or who, according to chapter 3a, section 4., ~~Shareholder~~paragraph 2 of the Companies Act, is entitled to take part in a shareholders’s ~~full~~meeting, has ~~name~~the right to participate in the shareholders’ meeting. Nominee-registered shareholders may temporarily be entered in the register of shareholders on October 24, ~~Business~~2003 ~~Identity~~for ~~Code~~the purpose of participating in the shareholders’ meeting.

~~General~~Advance ~~Electric~~notification ~~Finland~~of Oyattendance must be received by 4 p.m. on Friday, October 31, ~~Business~~2003 ~~Identity~~by ~~Code~~telephone ~~1754661~~+358-610 394 3401 or +358-10 394 3404, by telefax +358-9-146 4172, or in writing to Instrumentarium Corporation, Shareholder Register, P.O. Box 100, 00031 Instrumentarium, Finland. Notifications sent in writing or by telefax must reach the Company before the end of the above notification period. Proxies must be sent to the above address by the end of the notification period.

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In Helsinki, October 614, 2003

~~General~~BOARD ~~Electric~~OF ~~Finland Oy~~DIRECTORS

INSTRUMENTARIUM CORPORATION


Matti Salmivuori		Juhani Lassila

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Further information: ~~Juhani~~Ms. ~~Lassila~~Ritva Sotamaa, ~~Group~~General ~~Treasurer~~Counsel, tel. +358 10 394 ~~3422~~2005

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