Pohjola Pankki Oyj - Company Announcement

Pohjola shares removed from the book-entry system

Pohjola Bank plc
Stock exchange release
28 November 2014

Pohjola shares removed from the book-entry system

Pohjola Bank plc shares were removed from the book-entry system on 28 November
2014. The removal relates to the public voluntary bid for Pohjola Bank plc
shares completed by OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative. By the decision of the
arbitral tribunal, ownership of all Pohjola Bank plc shares was transferred on
30 September 2014 in accordance with Chapter 18, Section 6 of the Limited
Liability Companies Act and OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative was registered
in the shareholder register of Pohjola Bank plc as the sole shareholder on 7
October 2014. Pohjola Bank plc A shares were delisted from NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Oy on 30 September 2014.

Pohjola Bank plc
Carina Geber-Teir
Chief Communications Officer

For more information, please contact:
OP-Pohjola Communications, media contacts, tel. +358 (0)50 523 9904

DISTRIBUTION
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
LSE London Stock Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange
Major media
op.fi, pohjola.com

Pohjola is part of the leading Finnish customer-owned financial services group,
OP-Pohjola. Pohjola provides its customers with banking, non-life insurance and
asset management services. Pohjola is OP-Pohjola's central bank and is, together
with OP Mortgage Bank, responsible for OP-Pohjola's funding operations on money
and capital markets. As laid down in the applicable law, Pohjola, its parent
company OP-Pohjola Group Central Cooperative and the member credit institutions
are ultimately jointly and severally liable for each other's debts and
commitments. The joint liability in OP-Pohjola is prescribed by the Act on the
Amalgamation of Deposit Banks Act. Financial services provider OP-Pohjola is
continuing its revamp - this time the focus is on its brand. The changes under
way form part of the creation of a new financial services group fully owned by
its customers. OP-Pohjola's name is OP as of 1 January 2015. www.pohjola.fi

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