Aktia Pankki Oyj - Company Announcement

Aktia Bank plc: Aktia Bank has been granted concession as Mortgage bank

Helsinki, Finland, 2013-03-07 12:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Aktia Bank plc
Stock exchange release
7 March 2013 at 1.00 pm


Aktia Bank has been granted concession as Mortgage bank


The Financial Supervisory Authority has 6 March 2013 granted Aktia Bank plc.
concession as mortgage bank. 

The renewed Act on Mortgage Credit Banks enables deposit banks, such as Aktia
Bank, to issue covered bonds directly from the banks' balance sheets. This
enables a considerably more cost-effective credit process. (Please read Aktia
plc.'s Stock exchange release dated 12 September 2012) 

This is a part of Aktia's Action Plan 2015.



AKTIA BANK PLC

Deputy Managing Director Stefan Björkman, tel. +358 10 247 6595
IR Manager Anna Gabrán, tel. +358 10 247 6501, +358 40 7081807

Distribution:
Nasdaq OMX Helsinki,
mass media,
www.aktia.fi