Aktia signs an LP market making agreement with Handelsbanken

AKTIA OYJ     STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  
December 30, 2009 at 1 p.m.

Aktia signs an LP market making agreement with Handelsbanken

Aktia Oyj and Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ), Branch Operation in Finland
("Handelsbanken") have concluded a market making agreement, which fulfils the
requirements of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd's Liquidity Providing (LP) operations.
The market making agreement aims at increasing Aktia's A-share's liquidity and
decreasing the share price spread thus facilitating trading. 

According to the agreement, Handelsbanken will provide Aktia's A-share (AKTAV)
with bids and offers so that the maximum spread is 3,25% calculated from the
bid quotation. Bids or offers include at least 1,000 shares and the value of
the shares must correspond to at least 4,000 euros. 

Handelsbanken undertakes to submit bids and offers for Aktia's A-share on the
official list in the trading system of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki on each trading day
for at least 85 per cent of the time of continuous trading, at the opening and
closing call of the trading day and in the auction procedures applicable to the
share during a trading day. 

The market making in accordance with the agreement will begin on January 4,
2010. After a 6-month term, the market making agreement is valid until further
notice. The term of notice of the agreement is one month. 


AKTIA OYJ

For further information, please contact:

Anna Gabrán, Investor Relations Officer
tel. +358 10 247 6501


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