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Notification of change in holdings under the Finnish Securities Market Act

CITYCON OYJ Stock Exchange Announcement 27 November 2009 at 12.35 hrs

According to a notification received by Citycon Oyj on 26 November
2009, AXA S.A.'s holding in the company has fallen below the
threshold of 5 per cent on 25 November 2009.

Pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 10 of the Finnish Securities Market
Act Citycon Oyj announces the following information submitted to it:

Identity of the issuer of shares: Citycon Oyj

Reason for the notification: an acquisition or disposal of shares or
voting rights

Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: AXA
S.A.

Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is exceeded,
fallen below of or reached: November 25th, 2009

Threshold that is exceeded, fallen below of or reached: 5% fallen
below

Notified details of shares and voting rights attached to them:

Situation previous to the triggering transaction


Class/type of shares   Number of shares Number of voting rights
ISIN code FI0009002471       11,105,522              11,105,522


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Class/type of Number of  % of     Number of voting rights % of voting
shares        shares     shares   Indirect                rights
              Indirect   Indirect                         Indirect
ISIN code     10,828,321 4.90%    10,828,321              4.90%
FI0009002471
TOTAL         10,828,321 4.90%    10,828,321              4.90%


Chain of controlled undertakings through which the shares or voting
rights are effectively held:

AllianceBernstein L.P. (USA) is a subsidiary of AXA Financial Inc
(USA), which is in turn a subsidiary of AXA S.A. (France).
AXA Rosenberg Group LLC (USA) is a subsidiary of AXA IM Rose Inc
(USA), which is a subsidiary of AXA Investment Managers S.A.
(France), which is in turn a subsidiary of AXA S.A. (France).

AXA Investment Managers S.A. (France) is a subsidiary of AXA S.A.
(France).

Done at Paris on November 26th, 2009

Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation:

Full name: AXA S.A. - trade register number: 572 093 920 RCS Paris

Contact address:
AXA S.A.
25 Avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
France

Phone number: +33 (0)1 44 45 99 90
Contact person: Claire Juillard
claire.juillard@axa-im.com

Identity of the notifier:
Full name: AXA Investment Managers Paris
Claire Juillard
Coeur Défense Tour B La Défense 4
100 Esplanade du Général de Gaulle
92932 Paris La Défense Cedex_France

Phone number: +33 (0)1 44 45 99 90

Other useful information: AXA Investment Managers Paris has the
authority to notify on behalf of AXA S.A.

Helsinki, 27 November 2009


CITYCON OYJ
Petri Olkinuora
CEO

For further information, please contact:
Petri Olkinuora, CEO
Tel. +358 20 766 4401 or mobile +358 400 333 256
petri.olkinuora@citycon.fi

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