FIM OMAISUUDENHOITO OY’S MERGER INTO FIM GROUP CORPORATION ENTERED IN THE TRADE REGISTER

The merger of FIM Group Corporation subsidiary FIM Omaisuudenhoito Oy into FIM Group Corporation has been entered in the Trade Register on 15 August 2006. In order to pay the merger consideration, the share capital of the receiving company, FIM Group Corporation, has been raised by € 425,680.31 by giving the shareholders of FIM Omaisuudenhoito Oy entitled to a merger consideration a total of 6,457,996 shares in FIM Group Corporation. After the increase, the share capital of FIM Group Corporation is € 2,813,505.37, divided into 42,683,690 shares. Trading on the FIM Group Corporation shares given as merger consideration will begin on the main list of Helsinki Stock Exchange on 16 August 2006. However, the shareholders receiving shares as merger consideration have signed a placing agreement in conjunction with FIM’s initial public offering in April 2006, undertaking to not sell the FIM Group Corporation shares in their possession for a specific period following the IPO (the ”lock-up arrangement”). The shareholders’ holdings will be released from lock-up in stages, with the final holdings released upon the publishing of FIM Group Corporation’s results for the financial year 2008. The merger is conducted in order to simplify group structure. The business operations of FIM Omaisuudenhoito Oy were transferred to FIM Group Corporation subsidiary FIM Asset Management Ltd on 1 March 2006. FIM Group Corporation Risto Perttunen CEO Tel. +358 (0)9 613 46 303 risto.perttunen@fim.com Distribution: Helsinki Stock Exchange The main media About FIM Established in 1987, FIM is a Finnish investment services group that offers asset management, brokerage and investment banking services for private persons and organizations. In addition to the head office, which is located in Helsinki, FIM has regional offices in Espoo, Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Lahti, Oulu, Tampere, Turku, Vaasa and, as of September 2006, also in Riihimäki. FIM also operates in Stockholm and Moscow. The company's net sales in 2005 were 63.2 million euros and operating profit 19.1 million euros. FIM employs approximately 260 persons. www.fim.com.