MÜNSTER?S ELECTRICITY UTILITY SOLD ITS S
ELISA CORPORATION STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
31 JULY 2003 AT 08.30am
MÜNSTERS ELECTRICITY UTILITY SOLD ITS STAKE IN TROPOLYS TO ELISA
Münsters electricity utility has used its right to sell its 4.95
per cent stake in Tropolys GmbH to Elisa Corporations German
subsidiary Elisa Kommunikation GmbH. Through the transaction
Elisa Kommunikations holding in Tropolys rose to 70.85 per cent.
The purchase price is included in the maximum of EUR 40 million
investments in 2003 by Germany-based business, as announced earlier
by Elisa.
Münsters entitlement to sell its stake is based on the agreement
signed during the founding stage of Tropolys GmbH in 2000.
ELISA CORPORATION
Jyrki Antikainen
Vice President, Communications
Additional information:
Mr Hannu Turunen, Executive Vice President +358 50 506 5660
Mr Vesa-Pekka Silaskivi, CFO, +358 10 262 2606
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