Trading of Alma Media Corporation’s 2006A options begins

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION   STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT   APRIL 8, 2008, at 14.45

 

 

TRADING OF ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION’S 2006A OPTIONS BEGINS

 

Trading of the 2006A options issued by Alma Media Corporation in 2006 will begin on the OMX Nordic Exchange (Helsinki) on April 10, 2008.

 

Each 2006A option entitles to the subscription of one (1) Alma Media Corporation share (ALN1V) starting on April 1, 2008. A maximum total of 440,000 shares can be subscribed with the 2006A options. The subscription price is €5.58 per share.

 

The original number of 2006A options was 640,000, with 190,000 subsequently annulled. At the moment, the total number of options is 450,000, but 10,000 of them are in the possession of Alma Media Corporation’s subsidiary Karenstock Oy and will not be used for the subscription of shares.

 

The subscription time for the 2006A options is April 1, 2008 to April 30, 2010. The subscription place for the 2006A options is Nordea Pankki Suomi Oyj (Nordea Bank Finland Plc).

 

Basic information on the 2006A option of Alma Media Corporation:

 

Trading code: ALN1VEW106

ISIN code: FI0009630032

Lot size: 1

Exchange ratio: 1 (ALN1VEW106): 1 (ALN1V)

 

The increases of equity based on the share subscriptions are planned to take place as follows in 2008:

 

 

 

The shares subscribed with the options entitle holders to dividends after the shares have been registered.

 

More information:

Mikko Korttila, General Counsel, Alma Media Corp., tel. 010 665 2201.

 

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

 

Rauno Heinonen

Vice President, Corporate Communications and IR

 

ATTACHMENT: OPTIO-OHJELMAN 2006 EHDOT

 

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 2007 totalled EUR 329 million and the operating margin was above 19 %. 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 www.almamedia.fi