SSH Communications Security - Company Announcement

THE HOLDING OF TATU YLÖNEN IN SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORP HAS DECREASED BELOW 50%

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORP          STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE                
                                          21 OCTOBER 2009 AT 6:00 p.m.          


THE HOLDING OF TATU YLÖNEN IN SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORP HAS DECREASED    
BELOW 50%                                                                       

SSH Communications Security Corp has received the following statement concerning
a change in shareholding dated 21 October 2009 from Tatu Ylönen.                

”NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE IN SHAREHOLDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 2 SECTION 9
OF THE SECURITIES MARKET ACT                                                    


Tatu Ylönen's share of the total number of shares and voting rights in SSH      
Communications Security Corp has decreased below 50% due to an arrangement that,
if completed, will lead to situation in which the threshold as intended in      
Chapter 2 Section 9 of the Securities Market Act falls below 50%                

In accordance with Chapter 2 Section 9 of the Securities Market Act, I announce 
to the Financial Supervisory Authority and SSH Communications Security Corp the 
following:                                                                      

1) Target company: SSH Communications Security Corp                             

2) Basis of notification of a change in shareholding: an arrangement that, if   
completed, will lead to situation in which the threshold as intended in Chapter 
2 Section 9 of the Securities Market Act falls below 50% of the voting rights   
and total number of shares.                                                     

3) Name of person subject to the notification obligation: Ylönen, Tatu Juhani   

4) Share of total number of shares and voting rights in the target company:     

Tatu Ylönen now holds SSH Communications Security Corp shares as follows:       
Number of shares: 14,727,649                                                    
Share of total number of shares: 51.13%                                         
Share of voting rights: 51.13%                                                  

Tatu Ylönen holds SSH Communications Security Corp shares after the arrangment  
as follows:                                                                     
Number of shares: 14,727,649                                                    
Share of total number of shares: 49.26%                                         
Share of voting rights: 49.26%                                                  

Tatu Ylönen Oy, a corporation where Tatu Ylönen exercises control, now holds    
shares in SSH Communications Security Corp as follows:                          
Number of shares: 44,254                                                        
Share of total number of shares: 0.15%                                          
Share of voting rights: 0.15%                                                   

The total holding of Tatu Ylönen and a corporation where Tatu Ylönen exercises  
control in SSH Communications Security Corp is now the following:               
Number of shares: 14,771,903                                                    
Share of total number of shares: 51.29%                                         
Share of voting rights: 51.29%                                                  

The total holding of Tatu Ylönen and a corporation where Tatu Ylönen exercises  
control in SSH Communications Security Corp is, after the arrangement, the      
following:                                                                      
Number of shares: 14,771,903                                                    
Share of total number of shares: 49.41%                                         
Share of voting rights: 49.41%                                                  

5) The essential content of the arrangement:                                    

SSH Communications Security Corp has on 20 October 2009 decided on a share issue
directed to a company to be formed and owned by the SSH Group Management Team.  
The share subscription period is 13 November—27 November 2009. The Board of     
Directors will decide on the approval of subscriptions around week 47.      

The basis of the calculation of the new shareholding is the total number of     
shares of SSH Communications Security Corp after the share issue. The number of 
shares after the share issue is 29,898,449 with voting rights of 29,898,449.    

Helsinki 21 October 2009
Tatu Ylönen”                                                                    

SSH Communications Security Corp has a total of 28,798,449 shares before the    
share issue and a total of 29,898,449 shares after the share issue.             

Helsinki 21 October 2009                                                        

SSH COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY CORP                                                
The Board of Directors                                                          

Juho Lipsanen                                                                   
Chairman of the Board of Directors                                              

FURTHER INFORMATION                                                             
Juho Lipsanen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tel. +358 20 500 7000        
Jari Mielonen, CEO, Tel. +358 20 500 7400                                       

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