Neomarkka - Company Announcement

NEOMARKKA BOARD'S DECISION TO ACQUIRE COMPANY'S OWN SHARES BY CONTRACTUAL TRADE

NEOMARKKA PLC	STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE	12.5.2010	at 11.50 a.m.                    

NEOMARKKA BOARD'S DECISION TO ACQUIRE COMPANY'S OWN SHARES BY CONTRACTUAL TRADE 

Neomarkka Plc's Board of Directors has decided to exercise the authorization it 
was given by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 10 June 2009 to      
acquire the Company's own series B shares by using the assets from company's    
unrestricted equity as follows:                                                 

1. The company may acquire maximum of 530,473 series B shares directly from     
other shareholders than the largest shareholder by entering into a contractual  
trade, provided that the number of class B shares to be acquired via contractual
trade is at least 15,000;                                                       

2. The consideration to be paid for the shares corresponds to the prevailing    
market price in NASDAQ OMX Helsinki at the time of the acquisition;             

3. The sales offer must be given to Neomarkka on 8 June 2010 at the latest; and 

4. The shares acquired will be paid by the rules and regulations of stock       
exchange transaction.                                                           

Since Neomarkka's announcement on 16 November 2009 to start acquiring its own   
shares the company has managed to acquire only small amounts of its own shares  
through NASDAQ OMX's Guidelines for Acquisition of Own Shares due to minor      
liquidity of Neomarkka's series B share on the stock market. Therefore, the     
company has strong economical reason to depart from the equal treatment of the  
shareholders by entering into contractual trade.                                

Neomarkka Plc's Board of Directors decided to continue the company's repurchase 
programme according the press release given on the issue on 16 November 2009.   
The company has so far acquired 57,603 series B shares on the authorization     
given by the Annual General Meeting on 10 June 2009.                            

NEOMARKKA PLC                                                                   


Markku E. Rentto                                                                
Managing Director                                                               

FURTHER INFORMATION:                                                            
Markku E. Rentto, MD, tel. +358 20 720 9191                                     


www.neomarkka.fi                                                                

Neomarkka Plc's strategy is to invest mainly in industrial companies with       
similar synergic benefits. The aim of investments is with active ownership to   
develop the purchased companies and establish additional value. Returns are     
sought both through dividend flow and an increase in value. Neomarkka's B shares
are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki main market.