Elisa - Company Announcement

NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10

ELISA STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT 7 JANUARY 2011 AT 3.20pm


Elisa has received the following notice in accordance with Chapter 2,
Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Market Act:

The proportion of the total Elisa shares and voting rights held by mutual funds
under investment management of Capital Research and Management Company has
exceeded five per cent (1/20)

1.  Target Company: Elisa Corporation (ELI1V).

2. Justification of the flagging announcement: Share purchases on 28 December
2010


3. Date of change in holdings: 28 December 2010

4. Exact proportion of the voting rights and total number of shares
in Elisa

+---------------------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
|Number os shares     |Share of the total number os   |Share of number of votes|
|( indirect ownership)|shares                         |                        |
+---------------------+-------------------------------+------------------------+
|8,395,128            |5.05 %                         |5.05 %                  |
+---------------------+-------------------------------+------------------------+


Total number of Elisa shares is 166,307,586 and each share carries
one voting right.

5. Shareholder's full name, business identity code:
Capital Research and Management Company. (USA Tax ID 95-1411037).
Capital Research and Management Company does not own the shares for its own
account. The shares are owned by mutual funds under the discretionaly investment
management of Capital Research and Management Company.

ELISA

Vesa Sahivirta
Director, IR and financial communication
+358 50 520 5555

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Major Media
www.elisa.com


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