Merger notification to Elisa Corporation’s shareholders

ELISA STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 27 JUNE 2013 AT 3.20 pm

On 10 June 2013, Elisa Corporation signed merger agreements with Kymen Puhelin Oy and Telekarelia Oy. According to  the merger plans Kymen Puhelin Oy and Telekarelia Oy merge with Elisa Corporation.

As merger consideration, a total of 1,989,266 of new shares in Elisa Corporation will be issued, comprising 1.2 per cent of all shares in Elisa Corporation. Of these shares, 1,758,816 will be given to shareholders of Kymen Puhelin and 230,450 to shareholders of Telekarelia. However, a maximum of 4,007,852 of new shares in Elisa Corporation will be issued as merger consideration, of which a maximum of 3,392,352 will be given to shareholders of Kymen Puhelin and a maximum of 615,000 to shareholders of Telekarelia. In order to issue the merger consideration, a share issue will be carried out no later than on the registration date of the merger (on 31 December 2013 according to estimates) on the basis of the share issue authorisation granted by Elisa Corporation's Annual General Meeting held on 18 March 2010.

If shareholders of Elisa Corporation who hold at least a total of five per cent of all shares present a written claim by 5 August 2013 stating that the merger requires a decision of a general meeting, the merger must be decided upon at an extraordinary general meeting.

All merger notifications, both merger plans and their appendices and any documents pursuant to the Finnish Companies Act are available to shareholders on Elisa Corporation's website at www.elisa.fi/sulautumisilmoitukset. Copies of these documents will be sent to shareholders upon request (requests via e-mail to investor.relations@elisa.fi).

ELISA CORPORATION

Vesa Sahivirta
IR Director
+358 10 262 3036

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