Aktia Pankki Oyj - Company Announcement

Aktia Bank Plc: Moody's has placed Aktia Bank Plc's A1/P-1/C ratings on review for downgrade

Stock exchange release 25 November 2011

Helsinki, Finland, 2011-11-25 15:03 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 



Moody's has placed Aktia Bank Plc's A1/P-1/C ratings on review for downgrade

Moody's Investors Service has today placed on review for downgrade Aktia Bank's
standalone bank financial strength rating (BFSR)  of C (mapping to A3 on the
long-term scale), the A1 long-term debt and deposit ratings and the Prime-1
short-term debt and deposit ratings. 

The review is based on Moody's expectations on the banks future outlook.

The rating agency expects to be able to finalise the review when the bank has
reported its full-year 2011. 



For more information please contact:
Deputy CEO, CFO Stefan Björkman, tel. +358 10 247 6595

IR-manager, Anna Gabrán, tel. +358 10 247 6501



Distribution:
Nasdaq OMX Helsinki
mass media
The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority
www.aktia.fi