Change in the amount of Finnair treasury shares

Finnair Plc     Stock Exchange Release     2 November 2015 at 1:10 pm EET

Finnair has today transferred a total of 1780 own shares held by the company as treasury shares gratuitously to participants of Fly Share, Finnair Group’s Employee Share Savings Plan, as a reward payment according the rules of Fly Share program. Finnair Board of Directors decided on the transfer according to the rules of Fly Share program and based on the authorization granted by Finnair Annual General Meeting 2015.

Date: 2 November 2015

Other transfer

Amount of shares:  1780 shares

Price: gratuitous transfer

The shares held by Finnair Plc on 2 November 2015: 325,205 shares

For more information about Fly Share program, see Finnair's stock exchange release published on 11 February 2015 and the Group’s website www.finnairgroup.com.

Further information:
Finnair communications, tel. +358 9 818 4020, comms(a)finnair.com

Distribution:
Nasdaq Helsinki
Principal media

Finnair is a network airline specialising in passenger and cargo traffic between Asia and Europe. Helsinki’s geographical location gives Finnair a competitive advantage, since the fastest connections between many European destinations and Asian megacities fly over Finland. Finnair’s vision is to offer its passengers a unique Nordic experience, and its mission is to offer the smoothest, fastest connections in the northern hemisphere via Helsinki and the best network to the world from its home markets. Finnair is the only Nordic carrier with a 4-star Skytrax ranking and a member of the oneworld alliance. In 2014, Finnair’s revenues amounted to EUR 2,400 million and it had a personnel of almost 4,500 at the year-end. Finnair Plc’s shares are quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki.