Elisa - Company Announcement

NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE FINNISH SECURITIES MARKET ACT, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 10

Elisa has received the following notice in accordance with Chapter 2,
Section 9 of the Finnish Securities Market Act:

The Government of Finland and Solidium Oy (business identity code:
2245475-9) announce the ownership arrangement  with a consequence
that the ownership of The Government of Finland decreases and the
ownership of Solidium Oy increases to the limits set out in the
Finnish Securities Market Act chapter 2 section 9 in Elisa.

The Government of Finland has in 11 June 2009 transferred the Elisa
shares it owns to  its fully-owned company Solidium Oy as a non-cash
subscription transfer. After the transfer the Government of Finland
has no direct ownership of Elisa's shares. The number of Elisa shares
that has transferred to Solidium Oy and their portion of all Elisa
shares is as follows:

Target company: Elisa Corporation (ELI1V)


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Number of shares | Share of share capital | Share of number of    |
|                  |                        | votes                 |
|------------------+------------------------+-----------------------|
| 16,006,000       | 9.62 %                 | 9.62 %                |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


Total number of Elisa shares is 166,307,586 and each share carries
one voting right.

ELISA

Vesa Sahivirta
Director, IR and financial communication
+358 50 520 5555

Distribution:

NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Major Media
www.elisa.com