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Technopolis Plc Preparing Rights Issue

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TECHNOPOLIS PLC      STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  October 11, 2013 at 1:30 p.m.

Technopolis Plc Preparing Rights Issue

The Board of Directors of Technopolis Plc (“Technopolis” or the “Company”) has
decided to begin preparations targeting an approximately EUR 100 million rights
issue for a maximum of 45,500,000 new shares (“Shares”) pursuant to the
shareholders' pre-emptive subscription right (the "Offering"). 

The proceeds from the Offering will be used to equity finance the acquisition
of the multitenant campuses in greater Oslo area in Norway and Finland's
Otaniemi announced today. It will also support continued execution of the
Company's growth strategy and strengthen its balance sheet. 

The Board of Directors proposes that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the
Company (“EGM”) scheduled to be held on 1 November 2013 authorizes the Board of
Directors to decide on the Offering. Should the authorization proposed by the
Board of Directors be used in full, the Shares to be issued in the Offering
would represent a maximum of approximately 60 percent of the total shares and
voting rights in the Company prior to the Offering. Technopolis' two largest
shareholders, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Ilmarinen Mutual
Pension Insurance Company, have preliminarily indicated that they will
participate pro rata in the rights issue. SEB is acting as the sole lead
manager of the Offering. 

Market conditions allowing, the subscription period is proposed to begin and
end in November 2013. The detailed terms and conditions of the Offering will be
decided by the Board of Directors provided that the EGM authorizes them to
execute the Offering. 

The EGM is scheduled to be held on 1 November 2013 at Tekniikantie 12 (Innopoli
I), Espoo, Finland. The notice to the EGM will be published through a separate
stock exchange release today. The proposal for the authorization for the
issuance of new Shares and other information relating to the EGM will be
available on the Company's website at www.technopolis.fi. 

Helsinki on October 11, 2013

TECHNOPOLIS PLC

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Further information:
Keith Silverang, CEO, tel. +358 40 566 7785
Carl-Johan Granvik, Chairman of the Board, tel. +358 50 1698


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www.technopolis.fi

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offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from
registration as provided in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder.  There is no intention to register any
portion of the offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of
securities in the United States. 

The issue, exercise or sale of securities in the offering are subject to
specific legal or regulatory restrictions in certain jurisdictions. The Company
and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ.) Helsinki Branch (“SEB”) assume no
responsibility in the event there is a violation by any person of such
restrictions. 

The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities
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must neither accept any offer for, nor acquire, any securities to which this
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securities in any Member State of the European Economic Area other than
Finland. With respect to each Member State of the European Economic Area other
than Finland and which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a
“Relevant Member State”), no action has been undertaken or will be undertaken
to make an offer to the public of securities requiring publication of a
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be offered in Relevant Member States (a) to any legal entity which is a
qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; or (b) in any other
circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive. For the
purposes of this paragraph, the expression an “offer of securities to the
public” means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient
information on the terms of the offer and the securities to be offered so as to
enable an investor to decide to exercise, purchase or subscribe the securities,
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2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member
State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member
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2010/73/EU. 

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with the proposed rights issue and will not regard any other person (whether or
not a recipient of this announcement) as a client in relation to the proposed
rights issue. 

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its directors, officers, employees, advisers or any of its affiliates in
relation to any purchase of or subscription for securities. 

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this announcement (or any part hereof). 

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