Pohjola Pankki Oyj - Total number of voting rights and capital

Pohjola's rights issue oversubscribed

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Pohjola Bank plc                                                                
Company Release, Release Category: Changes in share capital and votes           
27 April 2009, at 8.30 am                                

Pohjola's rights issue oversubscribed                                           

The subscription period for Pohjola Bank plc's EUR 307.9 million rights issue   
ended on 24 April 2009. A total of up to 91 179 502 new series A shares and up  
to 25 021 013 new series K shares were offered for subscription in accordance   
with shareholders' pre-emptive subscription rights. Preliminarily, 99.1 per cent
of the offered series A shares and 100.0 per cent of the offered series K shares
were subscribed for in the primary subscription. Additionally, when taking into 
account the secondary subscriptions, both series A shares and series K shares   
were oversubscribed. The total subscription level of all series A shares offered
was 126.9 per cent and of all series K shares offered 110.6 percent. Due to the 
oversubscription, the underwriting guarantee by OP-Pohjola Group Central        
Cooperative will not be exercised.                                              

- We are very pleased with the success of the rights issue and the trust our    
shareholders showed in us. More than 28,000 shareholders exercised their        
pre-emptive right in the issue. The capital raised through the rights issue will
further secure our ability to provide credit to our clients and prepare for the 
economic downturn underway, states Mikael Silvennoinen, President and CEO of    
Pohjola.                                                                        

In accordance with the terms and conditions of the rights issue, if             
oversubscription pursuant to the secondary subscription right occurs, the       
subscriptions of the company's shareholders are to be accepted in proportions of
their shareholding on the record date 2 April 2009, up to the maximum amount of 
their secondary subscription. The proportion to the shareholding on the record  
date shall be calculated separately for series A shares and series K shares.    
Pohjola will announce the final results of the rights issue on 30 April 2009,   
following the approval of the primary and secondary subscriptions by the Board  
of Directors.                                                                   

Trading in interim shares corresponding to new series A shares, as a separate   
class of securities, will commence on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki today, 27 April   
2009. All shares subscribed for in the rights issue will be registered with the 
Finnish Trade Register on or about 4 May 2009 after which the interim shares    
will be combined with Pohjola's existing shares. The new series A shares will be
subject to trading together with the company's existing series A shares on or   
about 5 May 2009.                                                               

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd and Pohjola Corporate Finance Ltd acted as joint     
bookrunners and joint lead managers for the rights issue.                       


Pohjola Bank plc                                                                


Carina Geber-Teir                                                               
Senior Vice President (Corporate Communications)                                


For further information, please contact:                            
Mikael Silvennoinen, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)10 252 2549                
Jouko Pölönen, CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 252 3405                                    
Markku Koponen, Senior Vice President, tel. +358 (0)10 252 2648                 


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