Alma Media - Major shareholder announcements

Alma Media: Announcement pursuant to the Securities Act, Chapter 2, Section 10

Alma Media Corporation  Stock Exchange Announcement  27 February 2009
at 9.20

ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10

Alma Media has received information to the effect that Skadinaviska
Enskilda Banken AB (publ) currently holds 11,958,000 Alma Media
shares, representing 16% of voting rights and share capital. The
acquisition on 26 February 2009 was entered into in order to hedge a
transaction exposure expiring 20 March 2009 in an equal amount.


ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

Rauno Heinonen
Vice President, Corporate Communications and IR

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange
Principal media


Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a profitably growing and internationally expanding
company that invests in the future of newspapers and online media.
It's best known products are the Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti
and Etuovi.com.

Net sales in 2008 totalled EUR 341 million and the operating margin
was over 14%. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of
the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap
segment of the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange, trading code ALN1V.