Sponda - Company Announcement

Notification on a change in ownership

Sponda Plc                    Stock Exchange Release 19 December 2011, at 15:05

Notification on a change in ownership

Pursuant to the Finnish Securities Market Act (Section 2:9), Keskinäinen
työeläkevakuutusyhtiö Varma has on 19 December, 2011 notified that, as from 16
December 2011, the total number of shares held by the company represents 10.27%
of Sponda Plc's shares and voting rights. 

Target company: Sponda Plc
Date of change in share holdings: 16 December 2011
Number of shares: 29,083,070 shares
Proportion of shares: 10.27%
Proportion of voting rights: 10.27%

The notice was given by shareholder whose full name is:
Keskinäinen työeläkevakuusyhtiö Varma



Sponda Plc

Further information: Pia Arrhenius, Senior Vice President, Corporate
Communications and IR. tel. +358 40 527 4462 



Sponda Plc is a property investment company specializing in commercial
properties in the largest cities in Finland and Russia. Sponda's business
concept is to own, lease and develop office, retail and logistics properties
into environments that promote the business success of its clients. The fair
value of Sponda's investment properties is approximately EUR 3.1 billion and
the leasable area is around 1.5 million m².