2009-03-06 12:05:00 CET

2009-03-06 12:05:35 CET


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Pohjola Pankki Oyj - Annual report/ annual accounts

Pohjola's and OP-Pohjola Group's Annual Reports for 2008 Now Available 


Pohjola Bank plc 	                                                              
COMPANY RELEASE, Category: Annual Report                                        
6 March 2009, 1.00 pm Finnish time (GMT+2)                                      

Pohjola's and OP-Pohjola Group's Annual Reports for 2008 Now Available          

Pohjola Bank plc has published its Annual Review 2008 and the Report by the     
Board of Directors and the Financial Statements. OP-Pohjola Group has also      
published its Annual Review 2008 and the Report by the Executive Board and the  
Financial Statements, and the Corporate Responsibility Report 2008.             

The Annual Reports are available in PDF format in Finnish, Swedish and English  
at www .pohjola.fi > Media > Material service and at www .op.fi > OP-Pohjola    
Group > Media > Material Service.                                               

Printed Annual Reviews can also be ordered via the websites.                    

Pohjola Bank plc                                                                

Markku Koponen                                                                  
Senior Vice President                                                           

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT                                            
Markku Koponen, Senior Vice President (Corporate Communications), tel. +358     
(0)10 252 2648