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Alma Media - Decisions of general meeting

Decisions of Alma Media Corporation's Annual General Meeting


ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION    STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 8 MARCH 2007, 16.15
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DECISIONS OF ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION'S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting carried the proposals of the company's
major shareholders to elect Mr Ahti Vilppula to the Board of
Directors and to appoint Ernst & Young Oy as the company's auditors.
The Meeting decided to pay a dividend of 0.65 euros per share.

The Meeting approved the amendments to the company's articles of
association required by the new Finnish Companies Act, which came
into force on 1 September 2006. The amendments are outlined in the
Notice of Meeting, which is available at
http://www.almamedia.fi/release?release=10412 and the new articles of
association can be found at
http://www.almamedia.fi/files/almamedia/ykm2007/ALMA_MEDIA_OYJ_Articles_of_Association_included_changes.pdf.

The Meeting approved the annual accounts, discharged the Board of
Directors and the President and CEO from liability for the financial
year. The following existing members were re-elected to the Board of
Directors: Lauri Helve, Matti Häkkinen, Matti Kavetvuo, Kai Seikku,
Kari Stadigh and Harri Suutari, and Ahti Vilppula was elected as a
new member. His CV can be found at
http://www.almamedia.fi/boardofdirectors.

A dividend of 0.65 euros per share will be paid. The record date for
payment is 13 March 2007 and the payment date is 20 March 2007.

At its constitutive meeting after the Annual General Meeting, the new
Board of Directors elected Kari Stadigh as its chairman and Matti
Kavetvuo as the deputy chairman.

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

Terhi Lambert-Karjalainen
Communications Manager

DISTRIBUTION: Helsinki Exchanges, principal media

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

Net sales in 2006 totalled EUR 302 million and the operating margin
was 16 %. The company's share is listed in the Mid Cap segment of the
OMX Nordic Exchange's Nordic List, trading code ALN1V. More
information at http://www.almamedia.fi/home.