Talentum Oyj - Tender offer

The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority has approved the combination of Alma Media corporation and Talentum corporation and Alma Media corporation proceeds with the completion of the exchange offer

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-10-30 12:20 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

TALENTUM           STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    30 October, 2015 at 1.20 p.m.

The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority has approved the combination of
Alma Media corporation and Talentum corporation and Alma Media corporation
proceeds with the completion of the exchange offer 

THIS STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SINGAPORE, SOUTH
AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND, UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY WHERE SUCH PUBLICATION
OR DISTRIBUTION OR OFFER WOULD VIOLATE APPLICABLE LAWS OR REGULATIONS. 

On 29 September 2015, Talentum Corporation (“Talentum”) and Alma Media
Corporation (“Alma Media”) announced their plan to combine their businesses by
means of a public exchange offer made by Alma Media to Talentum's shareholders
and option right holders. 

Today, Alma Media has received the required regulatory competition approval
from the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority for the combination of Alma
Media and Talentum. No further regulatory competition approvals are necessary
for the completion of the exchange offer. 

The offer period of the exchange offer in which Alma Media offers to acquire
all of the outstanding shares and option rights of Talentum not owned by
Talentum or its subsidiaries will expire on 12 November 2015. Pursuant to Alma
Media, the completion of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of the
remaining conditions to completion of the exchange offer or the waiver by Alma
Media of the conditions to completion in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the exchange offer. 



TALENTUM CORPORATION

The Board of Directors

Further information will be given by:

Henri Österlund, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Talentum Corporation
henri.osterlund@accendofund.com
+358 50 348 9600

Aarne Aktan, CEO, Talentum Corporation
aarne.aktan@talentum.com
+358 40 342 4440

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Principal media
www.talentum.fi

TALENTUM IN BRIEF

Talentum Corporation focuses on professionals with main products of magazines,
books, digital services, trainings and events. Talentum produces contents from
various fields of economy, law, management, HR, sales and marketing, ICT,
technology and health care with the mission to help professionals succeed. 

In 2014, Talentum's net sales totalled EUR 72.3 million. The company employs
720 persons in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia. Talentum
Corporation is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Read more: www.talentum.fi. 



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IN OR INTO AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE,
SOUTH AFRICA, THE UNITED STATE OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE TENDER
OFFER WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. 

THIS RELEASE IS NOT A TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT AND AS SUCH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER OR INVITATION TO MAKE A SALES OFFER. INVESTORS SHALL ACCEPT THE TENDER
OFFER FOR THE SHARES AND OPTION RIGHTS ONLY ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION
PROVIDED IN A TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT. OFFERS WILL NOT BE MADE DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE EITHER AN OFFER OR PARTICIPATION THEREIN
IS PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR WHERE ANY TENDER OFFER DOCUMENT OR
REGISTRATION OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY IN ADDITION TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN
IN FINLAND. 

THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY JURISDICTION
WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW AND, WHEN PUBLISHED, THE TENDER OFFER
DOCUMENT AND RELATED ACCEPTANCE FORMS WILL NOT AND MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED,
FORWARDED OR TRANSMITTED INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE PROHIBITED BY
APPLICABLE LAW. IN PARTICULAR, THE TENDER OFFER IS NOT BEING MADE, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO, OR BY USE OF THE POSTAL SERVICE OF, OR BY ANY MEANS OR
INSTRUMENTALITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION, TELEX,
TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET) OF INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE OF, OR ANY
FACILITIES OF A NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE OF AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG
KONG, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA OR THE UNITED STATES. THE
TENDER OFFER CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY ANY SUCH USE, MEANS OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR
FROM WITHIN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE,
SOUTH AFRICA, THE UNITED STATES.