ELISA TO DEVELOP THE SAUNALAHTI BRAND
ELISA CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 30 AUGUST 2005 AT 1.00pmELISA TO DEVELOP THE SAUNALAHTI BRAND Elisa announced in July that it would make a public tender offer for allSaunalahti shares. The tender offer period began on 23 August 2005. The deal issubject to approval by the Finnish Competition Authority. Shareowners holdingaltogether over 50 per cent of the Saunalahti shares have agreed to the tenderoffer. "Elisa has decided to keep the active and agile Saunalahti brand, and to furtherdevelop it. We will outline and publish more precise plans on Elisa andSaunalahti's merger when the