Alma Media - Changes in company's own shares

Disposal of own shares based on the key management Long-Term Incentive Programme of Alma Media Corporation

Alma Media Corporation       Stock Exchange Release          28 April 2017 at
10:00 a.m. (EEST)

DISPOSAL OF OWN SHARES BASED ON THE KEY MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAMME
OF ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

A total of 67,272 of Alma Media Corporation's treasury shares are conveyed
without consideration and according to the plan terms to the key management
participating in the Fixed Matching Share Plan LTI 2015 I of the company's Long
-Term Incentive Programme launched in 2015. Alma Media announced the incentive
plan in a stock exchange release issued on 27 February 2015.

The directed share issue is based on an authorization given by the Annual
General Meeting held on 22 March 2017.

Following the directed share issue, the number of treasury shares now stands at
69,437 shares.

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION

Board of Directors

For more information, please contact:

Mikko Korttila, General Counsel, Alma Media Corporation, tel. +358 10 665 2201
Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a media company focusing on the service business and journalistic
content. The company’s best-known brands are Kauppalehti, Talouselämä,
Affärsvärlden, Iltalehti, Aamulehti, Etuovi.com and Monster. Alma Media builds
sustainable growth for its customers by utilising the opportunities of
digitality, including information services, system and expert services and
advertising solutions. Alma Media’s operations have expanded from Finland to the
Nordic countries, the Baltics and Central Europe. Alma Media employs
approximately 2,300 professionals (excluding delivery personnel), of whom
approximately 30% work outside Finland. Alma Media’s revenue in 2016 was EUR
353.2 million. Alma Media’s share is listed on NASDAQ Helsinki. Read more at
www.almamedia.com.