Divestment of own shares

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Aktia Plc                                                                       
Stock exchange release 11.5.2010 at 3.15 p.m.                                   
Divestment of own shares                                                        

Aktia plc has, supported by a decision taken by the company's Board of          
Directors, sold 40,934 series A own shares on 11 May 2010.                      

More information about the divestment:                                          

Date 	11 May 2010                                                               
Exchange transaction	Sale                                                       
Share series	A shares                                                           
Number of shares	40,934                                                         
Price/share 	EUR 6.81                                                           
Total price 	EUR 278,760.54                                                     

Following this divestment, the company's holding of own shares amounts to:      
Series A 	316,592                                                               
Series R 	178,762                                                               

The shares were traded for consideration on the stock exchange to members of the
company's Executive management who, following the share-based incentive scheme  
for 2009, received a bonus to subscribe for the shares. According to the scheme,
transfer restrictions are applied to the shares for a period of two years. For  
more details on the share-based incentive scheme, see page 22 in Aktia's Annual 
Report 2009.                                                                    


AKTIA PLC                                                                       

For more information, please contact:                                           
Berndt Hertsberg, Legal Counsel, tel. +358 10 247 6297                          

From:                                                                           
Malin Pettersson, Head of Communications, tel. +358 10 247 6369                 

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