Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken to decrease its holding in Alma Media down to zero

ALMA MEDIA CORP.   STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT  8 MAR 2007 18.00  1 (1)

 

SKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN TO DECREASE ITS HOLDING IN ALMA MEDIA DOWN TO ZERO

 

The company has received information to the effect that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (business register number SE502032908101) has decreased its holding in Alma Media under one twentieth (1/20) in a trade on 8 March 2007. Pursuant to the Securities Act, Chapter 2, Section 10, we inform that:

 

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB’s holding on 8 March 2007:

0 shares, share of share capital and voting rights 0.00 %

 

The share capital of Alma Media Corporation (business ID code 1944757-4) is 44,767,513.80 euros divided between 74,612,523 shares. The company has one share series. Each share carries one vote, and therefore the total number of votes is 74,612,523.

 

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

 

Terhi Lambert-Karjalainen

Communications Manager

 

DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Exchanges, principal media

 

Alma Media is a profitably growing and internationally expanding company that invests in the future of newspapers and the online media. Its best known products are Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com.

 

Net sales in 2006 totalled EUR 302 million and the operating margin was 16 %. The company’s share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of the OMX Nordic Exchange’s Nordic List, trading code ALN1V. More information at http://www.almamedia.fi/home