Elisa - Company Announcement

NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10

Elisa has been notified, in accordance with Chapter 2, Section 9 of
the Finnish Securities Market Act, of a change in the company's
ownership as follows:

DNA Oy (direct and indirect), Lännen Puhelin Oy, Oulun Puhelin
Holding Oyj, Kuopion Puhelin Sijoitus Oy, Kuopion Puhelin OY and PHP
Liiketoiminta Oyj aggregate ownership in Elisa shares and votes
decreases below 5 per cent.

Identity of the issuer of shares:
Elisa Oyj (Business ID: 0116510-6)

Reason for the notification:

Share transactions made in 28 September 2009

Proportion of shares and voting rights of Elisa:

DNA Oy, Lännen Teletieto Oy and Oulun Puhelin Holding Oyj have sold
all their Elisa shares.

PHP Liiketoiminta Oyj's, KPY Sijoitus Oy's,  Kuopion Puhelin Oy's
aggregate ownership in Elisa shares and votes decreases below 5 per
cent as follows:



+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                       |    Number of    |             |           |
|                       |     shares      | % of shares |   % of    |
|                       |                 |             |   votes   |
|-----------------------+-----------------+-------------+-----------|
| PHP Liiketoiminta Oyj |    1,790,519    |    1.08     |   1.08    |
|-----------------------+-----------------+-------------+-----------|
| KPY Sijoitus Oy       |    1,475,556    |    0.89     |   0.89    |
|-----------------------+-----------------+-------------+-----------|
| Kuopion Puhelin Oy    |      206,777    |    0.12     |   0.12    |
|-----------------------+-----------------+-------------+-----------|
| Total                 |    3,472,852    |    2.09     |   2.09    |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


Elisa's total number of shares is 166,307,586 each carrying one vote.

ELISA

Vesa Sahivirta
Director, IR and Financial Communications
tel. +358 50 520 5555

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Principal media
www.elisa.com