Alma Media - Company Announcement

Alma Media: Announcement pursuant to the Securities Act, Chapter 2, Section 10

Alma Media Corporation   Stock Exchange Release   November 5, 2010 at 15.15 pm.
(EEST)

ALMA MEDIA: ANNOUNCEMENT PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10

Alma Media Corporation has on November 5, 2010 received a flagging notice
pursuant to the Securities Act, Chapter 2, Section 9 from Oy Herttaässä Ab
(business ID 0761658-8).

According to the notice, Oy Herttaässä Ab has on November 4, 2010 sold in total
7,250,000 Alma Media shares to Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj. After the transaction,
Herttaässä's holding in Alma Media has fallen below the flagging limit of 5%. On
October 31, 2010 Herttaässä held in total 9 535 901 Alma Media shares,
representing 12.71 % of all shares.

The share capital of Alma Media Corporation (business ID 1944757-4) is EUR
45,031,513.80 and it is divided into 75,052,523 shares. The company has one
series of shares. Each share entitles to one voting right. The total number of
voting rights is 75,052,523.

ALMA MEDIA CORPORATION
Rauno Heinonen
Vice President, Corporate Communications and IR


For further information, please contact: Kai Telanne, President and CEO, tel.
+358 10665 3500

Distribution: NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy, Main media


Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a dynamic media company whose best-known products are the
Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com. Alma Media employs nearly
3,000 professionals. The company's net sales in 2009 totalled MEUR 307.8 with an
operating margin of 13.5 per cent. Alma Media's share (ALN1V) is listed in the
NASDAX OMX Helsinki Exchange. Read more at http://www.almamedia.fi/



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