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Notice Pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act, Chapter 2, Section 10

STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 13 OCTOBER 2008 AT 11.16am

Elisa has received the following notice in accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Market Act:

1. Target company: Elisa Corporation (business identity code:01116510-6)

2. Justification of the flagging announcement:

Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company hold more than 10 per cent of Elisa’s shares and votes.

3. Date of change in holdings: 13.October, 2008

	Number of shares	Percentage of shares	Percentage of voting rights
Shareholding before the change	2,999,196	1.80	1.80
Shareholding 13 October, 2008	20,304,976	12.21	12.21

4. Exact proportion of the voting rights and total number of shares in Elisa

Elisa’s total number shares 166,307,586 and each share carries on voting right.

An announcement from the Finnish State to Varma

The Finnish State has announced that Varma is entitled to oblige the Finnish State to redeem at least 50 per cent of Elisa Corporation shares (purchased by Varma on 13 October 2008) at today's purchase price and to use this right at its discretion once the State has made the necessary financing decisions.

ELISA

Vesa Sahivirta
Director, IR and financial communication
+358 50 520 5555

Distribution:

Helsinki Exchanges
Major Media
www.elisa.com

Last updated 18.03.2009 08:39

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