Aktia Pankki Oyj - Company Announcement

Aktia Bank plc: Standard & Poors assigns A-/A2 rating on Aktia Bank

Aktia Bank plc
Stock exchange release 12 December 2012

Helsinki, Finland, 2012-12-12 18:33 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Standard & Poor's initiates rating on Aktia Bank plc



Standard & Poor's rating reflects Aktia's strong capital and earnings, its
moderate risk position, average funding and adequate liquidity. Standard &
Poor's regards Aktia Bank to have a moderate systemic importance in Finland. 

Standard & Poor's assigns the following ratings to Aktia Bank plc:
Long-term A- and short-term A2, both with a negative outlook.

The negative outlook reflects Standard & Poor's view on growing economic risks
in export oriented Finnish economy which could adversely affect the Finnish
banking sector's performance. 

Standard & Poor's research update can be found at www.aktia.fi/aktia_bank/rating



AKTIA BANK PLC



Deputy Managing Director, CFO Stefan Björkman, tel. +358 10 247 6595
IR Manager Anna Gabrán, tel. +358 10 247 6501, +358 40 7081807

Distribution:
Nasdaq OMX Helsinki,
mass media,
www.aktia.fi