Tekla - Company Announcement

Notification of a change in shareholding according to Securities Markets Act 2:9

Tekla Corporation       Stock exchange release    August 16, 2010   12:30 p.m.



Notification of a change in shareholding according to Securities Markets Act 2:9


Tekla Corporation has received the following notification: Ilmarinen Mutual
Pension Insurance Company's holdings in Tekla Corporation have increased over
the 5% threshold on August 13, 2010.

According to the notification, Ilmarinen's holdings are in total 1,403,625
shares, which represent 6.21% of Tekla´s shares and voting rights.


The stock of Tekla Corporation comprises a total of 22,586,200 shares.



Tekla Corporation
Ari Kohonen, President and CEO
phone  +358 50 62124
firstname.lastname@tekla.com



Distribution:    OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki, Main media



Tekla is an international software product company whose model-based software
solutions make customers' core processes more effective in building and
construction, energy distribution, infrastructure management and water supply.
Tekla has customers in nearly 100 countries. Tekla's net sales for 2009 were 50
million euros and operating result almost 7 million euros. International
operations accounted for more than 80% of net sales. Tekla Group currently
employs over 460 persons, of whom almost 200 are outside Finland. Tekla was
established in 1966, making it one of the longest operating software companies
in Finland. www.tekla.com



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