Panostaja Oyj - Company Announcement

DEMAND FOR REDEMPTION PURSUANT TO THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES ACT

PANOSTAJA OYJ 	STOCK EXCHANGE BULLETIN, 5th SEPTEMBER 2007                     


DEMAND FOR REDEMPTION PURSUANT TO THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES ACT           


Panostaja Oyj (hereinafter referred to as ‘Panostaja') has acquired ownership of
12,404,692 shares in Suomen Helasto Oyj (hereinafter referred to as ‘Suomen     
Helasto'), which represent approximately 95.41% of shares issued by Suomen      
Helasto and votes carried by them.                                              

Panostaja acquired ownership of the above-mentioned shares as a result of a     
takeover bid carried out in line with the Securities Markets Act (495/1989)     
Chapter 6, section 10, where the share consideration offered was five (5)       
Panostaja B shares in exchange for six (6) Suomen Helasto shares and the cash   
consideration was EUR 1.27 per Suomen Helasto share.                            

Panostaja thus has the right and obligation under Chapter 18 section 1 of the   
Limited Liability Companies Act (624/2006) to redeem shares belonging to other  
shareholders in Suomen Helasto. That was entered into the Trade Register on 3rd 
September.                                                                      

Panostaja has today been served with an application dated 28th August 2007,     
submitted by 2M Ventures Oy, a shareholder in Suomen Helasto, to the Redemption 
Committee of the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland for appointment of an   
arbitrator to resolve the redemption obligation and price of Suomen Helasto     
shares. The redemption price demanded by 2M Ventures Oy is EUR 1.48 per share.  

Panostaja will submit a statement about the application to the Redemption       
Committee by 14th September 2007.                                               

This stock exchange bulletin is a translation of the original Finnish stock     
exchange bulletin September 3, 2007.                                            




Panostaja Oyj                                                                   

Olli Halmevuo                                                                   
CEO                                                                             


For further information, please contact Mr. Olli Halmevuo, CEO, tel. +358 (0)3  
263 4300 or mobile +358 (0)40 545 3767.